Lars Johan Heikensten, born 13 September 1950, is a former Governor of Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) and Doctor of Economics. He is currently executive director of the Nobel Foundation.
Heikensten passed his higher school certificate in Bromma in 1970 and spent one year in High school in Marion, Iowa, in the United States, on an AFS International Scholarship. He graduated in economics in 1974 and completed his Doctorate in Economics in 1984 at th... (login for more professional bio)