Karl Gustav Jöreskog Scientist

Karl Gustav Jöreskog (born 25 April 1935) is a Swedish statistician. Jöreskog is a Professor Emeritus at Uppsala University, and a co-author (with Dag Sörbom) of the LISREL statistical program. He is also a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Jöreskog received his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in Uppsala University. He is also a former student of Herman Wold. He was a statistician at Educational Testing Service (ETS) and a visiting professor at Princeton University.

Personal facts

Birth date	April 25, 1935
Birth place	Sweden , Åmål
Nationality	Swedes
Citizenship	Sweden
Residence	Uppsala , Sweden
Education	Uppsala University
Known for	Structural equation modeling Maximum likelihood LISREL