Lovisa Åhrberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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First recognised female doctor in Sweden
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Place of Birth: Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden
About Lovisa Åhrberg
- Maria Lovisa Åhrberg or Årberg (17 May 1801 in Uppsala, – 26 March 1881 in Stockholm,), was a Swedish surgeon and doctor.
- She was lawfully practicing surgeon long before it became formally permitted for women to study medicine at a university in 1870.
- Lovisa Åhrberg could be regarded as the first female physician in Sweden with formal permit from the authorities to practice medicine: however, she had no formal training, and the first woman physician with a university degree was to be Karolina Widerström.
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