Knut Boye  Knut Boye (12 January 1937 – 21 July 2008) was a Norwegian economist. He was born in Arendal. He graduated with the siv.øk. degree from the Norwegian School of Economics in 1963, and after becoming a certified mercantile teacher there in 1966, he spent the better part of his career there, lastly as an associate professor. Boye was first and foremost known as a lecturer and writer of textbooks in several fields of economics: finance, investment, acquisitions, business administration and personal economy. He penned 25 books, many of which were reissued, and edited the periodical "Praktisk økonomi og finans" from 1986. He died from cancer.