Signe Swensson

Signe Swensson (born 23 November 1888 in Trondhjem, died 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. She married lawyer Finn Huseby Kopperud in 1936 and had four children.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Medlemmer av Den norske advokatforening : 31. desember 1965 (1966). Den norske advokatforening.
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