The Farmand statuette.
Beeing a "farmand" (or farmann in contemporary modern Norwegian spelling) was to be a seafaring tradesman in the Norse saga era; a "man" who would travel "far" as in "to travel far and wide".
The Founding of Farmand
The inspiration from
The Economist Newspaper
The First World War WWI
Mr. Trygve J.B. Hoff
The Second World War WWII
The Mont Pelerin Society
Milton Friedman in Farmand
Friedrich Hayek in Farmand
James Buchanan in Farmand
Ludvig von Mises in Farmand
The London Connection
The USA Connection
New York N.Y.
Washington D.C.
Crown Prince Olav in Farmand
Sven Rydenfeldt in Farmand
Editor: Einar Sundt
1891 - 1935
Editor: Trygve J.B. Hoff
1935 - 1974
Editor: Kåre Varvin
1974 - 1983
Editor: Ole Jacob Hoff
1983 - 1989
The Discontinuation Of Farmand
Typical front page from a 1947 edition. Notice the full page advertisment.
Contributors
1891-1989
This site is dedicated to the legacy of the classical Farmand business magazine.
Farmand was published from Oslo, Norway continiously from 1891 until it was discontinued in 1989 with the exception of the WWII period from 1940-1945. It was a classical liberal and market liberal weekly news magazine.
Farmand enjoyed such prominent columnists as Milton Friedman, Friedrich August von Hayek, James Buchanan, Ludvig von Mises and others, some of whom formed the early Mont Pelerin Society and go on to become Nobel Laurates in Economics.
Published from Oslo Norway Farmand was a torchbearer of classical liberalism, reason and individual liberty through its time in history increasingly infuenced by collectivist thought.
The creator of the unique spirit of the Farmand magazine was undisputedly Mr. Trygve J.B. Hoff who bought the magazine in 1935 and who stayed on as sole owner until his passing in 1982.
From 1982 the magazine passed to his son Ole Jacob Hoff. The magazine declined and was discontinued in 1989.
Farmand was published mainly in the Norwegian language but would often feature articles from foreign authors in their original English, German, Swedish or Danish. Thus Milton Friedman, Friedrich von Hayek, James Buchanan and many others were published in English.
Farmand main editors:
Einar Sundt: - 1891 - 1935
Trygve J.B. Hoff: 1935 - 1982
Kåre Varvin: 1982 - 1983
Ole Jacob Hoff: 1983 - 1989
Several intermediary editors.
Farmand - Wikipedia
Trygve Hoff - Wikipedia
Farmand - Wikipedia
Trygve J.B. Hoff
Nobel Laurates
In Farmand
Milton Friedman
Friedrich von Hayek
James Buchanan