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Place of Birth: Frederiksberg, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
About Henny Magnussen
- Henny Sophie Magnussen née Petersen (1878–1937) was a Danish lawyer, the first woman to be permitted to work in the high courts of Denmark after successfully graduating from the University of Copenhagen in 1905.
- She rallied support from members of parliament which led to changes in the law in 1906 which allowed women law graduates the same privileges as men.
- In 1909, she was able to practise as a high court barrister.
- Nanna Berg who had received a legal diploma in 1887, was not authorized to work in the country's high courts but was restricted to the lower courts.
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