Signe Swensson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Signe Swensson

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1888

Place of Birth: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1974

Profession: physician, politician

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Signe Swensson

  • Signe Swensson (23 November 1888 in Trondhjem – 22 April 1974) was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Conservative Party of Norway.
  • She served as a Member of Parliament from 1931 to 1936.Originally trained as a teacher at Oslo Teacher's College in 1912, she got her cand.med.
  • degree in 1922, and worked as a district physician in Frøya, Sør-Trøndelag before settling in Trondhjem as a specialist in skin diseases in 1927. She was chairman of the Norwegian Association of Female Professionals 1936-46, member of the city council of Trondheim 1937-47 and chairman 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.

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