Agnes Fleischer (6 February 1865 – 15 September 1909) was a Norwegian pioneering teacher for disabled persons. She was born in
Christiania, and the sister of
Nanna Fleischer.
She suffered herself from a serious hip and back disease, and with help form her sister, and funds from their father, the two sisters established a school for disabled persons in 1892.
![Bulow Hanssens plass](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Bulow_Hanssens_plass.JPG)
The school was the basis for the institution Sophies Minde, established in 1897 from grants from
King Oscar II
Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905.
Oscar was the son of King Oscar I and Queen Josephine. He inherited the Swedish and Norweg ...
and Queen
Sophie.
Agnes and Nanna Fleischer were both awarded
King Oscar II's Medal in gold in 1905. Agnes died in 1909, 44 years old.
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1865 births
1909 deaths
Norwegian schoolteachers
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