Editing Ragnar Frisch (section)

===Family and early years===
[[File:Anton Frisch (1865-1928).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Ragnar Frisch's father, Anton Frisch (1865–1928), goldsmith in Oslo, and a member of the [[Frisch family]] of silver miners and goldsmiths]]
Ragnar Frisch<ref name=autobio>{{cite book |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1969/frisch-autobio.html |last=Frisch |first=Ragnar |chapter=Autobiography |title=Nobel Lectures, Economics 1969–1980 |editor-first=Assar |editor-last=Lindbeck |editor-link=Assar Lindbeck |publisher=[[World Scientific Publishing Co.]] |location=[[Singapore]] |year=1992 |access-date=2006-11-20 |archive-date=2013-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605233438/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1969/frisch-autobio.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> was born on 3 March 1895 in [[Oslo|Christiania]] as the son of [[goldsmith|gold-]] and [[silversmith]] Anton Frisch and Ragna Fredrikke Frisch (née Kittilsen). The [[Frisch (Norwegian family)|Frisch family]] had emigrated from Germany to [[Kongsberg]] in Norway in the 17th century and his ancestors had worked for the [[Kongsberg Silver Mines]] for generations;<ref>{{cite book |last=Huhnhäuser |first=Alfred |title=Die deutsche Einwanderung in Kongsberg |location=[[Oslo]] |year=1944 |series=Beiträge zur Geschichte des Deutschtums in Norwegen}}</ref> Ragnar's grandfather Antonius Frisch had become a goldsmith in Christiania in 1856. His family had thus worked with precious metals like silver and gold for at least 300 years.

Being expected to continue his family business, Frisch became an [[Apprenticeship|apprentice]] in the David Andersen workshop in Oslo. However at his mother's advice, while doing his apprenticeship Frisch also started studying at the [[Royal Frederick University]]. His chosen topic was economics, as it seemed to be "the shortest and easiest study" available at the university,<ref name=autobio/> and passed his degree in 1919. In 1920 he also passed his handicraftsman tests and became a partner in his father's workshop.