Signe Swensson

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Signe Swensson
MP
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1931–1936
ConstituencyTrondheim and Levanger
17th President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
In office
1956–1956
Preceded byMarit Aarum
Succeeded byEva Kolstad
Personal details
Born(1888-11-23)23 November 1888
Died22 April 1974(1974-04-22) (aged 85)
NationalityNorwegian
Political party
Conservative Party
OccupationPhysician, politician

Signe Swensson (23 November 1888 in

Conservative Party of Norway. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1931 to 1936[1] and as president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
in 1956.

Originally trained as a teacher at Oslo Teacher's College in 1912, she got her

Frøya, Sør-Trøndelag
before settling in Trondhjem as a specialist in skin diseases in 1927.

She was president of the Norwegian Association of Female Professionals 1936–46, member of the city council of Trondheim 1937-47 and president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.

Her father was Swedish-born businessman Pehr Gustaf Swensson and her brother was physician Nils Victor Swensson.

References

  1. ^ Signe Swensson. NSD – Norwegian Centre for Research Data.