Alette Schreiner, Falch (18 May 1873 – 26 December 1951) was a Norwegian researcher.

Personal life

She was born in Christiania as a daughter of district stipendiary magistrate Ingvald Falch (1825–1909) and Alette Louise Aubert (1850–1916), and a great-granddaughter of Benoni Aubert. She grew up in

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. Her brother Ingvald Falch, Jr. (1884–1962) became a district stipendiary magistrate too. In September 1900 she married

Kristian Schreiner Kristian Schreiner (29 July 1874 – 3 May 1957) was a Norwegian professor of medicine. He was born in Ekeberg as a son of wholesaler Christian Emil Schreiner (1829–1879) and Bethy Gerhardine Bødtker (1832–1910). He was a relative of educato ...

. Their

Johan Schreiner Johan Christian Schreiner (25 May 1903 – 8 October 1967) was a Norwegian historian. He was a professor at the University of Oslo, and his speciality was the Middle Ages. Personal life He was born in Drøbak as a son of historian Kristia ...

became a noted historian, and through another son, civil servant Fredrik Schreiner they had the grandson

Per Schreiner Per Schreiner (14 July 1932 – 28 October 2005) was a Norwegian economist and civil servant. He was born in Oslo as a son of Fredrik Schreiner (1905–1988) and Signy Rønneberg (1903–1983). He was a grandson of Kristian and Alette Schreiner ...

, an economist and civil servant.

Career

She took her

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at ''Ragna Nielsens skole'' in 1892 and graduated with the

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degree in 1899. She was also an intern at the hospital

Rikshospitalet Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet is one of the four main campuses of Oslo University Hospital in Oslo, Norway. It was an independent hospital, ''Rigshospitalet'', later spelled ''Rikshospitalet'' ("The National Hospital"), from 1826 to 2009 ...

in 1900, before studying children's and women's illnesses abroad. She was never hired in an academic position, but conducted research together with her husband, who was a professor. They released textbooks on the human organism for university students in three volumes between 1918 and 1921, and a textbook for school students in 1923. Her most read book was ''Slegtslivet hos menneskene''. In the 1920s the couple became more involved in

physical anthropology Biological anthropology, also known as physical anthropology, is a scientific discipline concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their extinct Hominini, hominin ancestors, and related non-human primates, particularly ...

. She released ''Antropologische Studien an norwegische Frauen'' in 1924, ''Die Nord-Norweger. Anthropologische Untersuchungen an Soldaten'' in 1929 and two books under the moniker ''Anthropologische Lokaluntersuchungen'' in 1930 and 1932. Neither of them delved into the Nazi type of

racial hygiene The term racial hygiene was used to describe an approach to eugenics in the early 20th century, which found its most extensive implementation in Nazi Germany (Nazi eugenics). It was marked by efforts to avoid miscegenation, analogous to an animal ...

. Her husband and son were even imprisoned by Nazis in

Grini concentration camp '', '' no, Grini fangeleir'', location=Bærum, Viken, Norway, location map=Viken#Norway, built by=Norway, original use=Constructed as a women's prison, operated by=Nazi Germany, notable inmates= List of Grini prisoners, liberated by=Harry Söderma ...

.Giertsen, ed 1946: p. 330 However, Alette Schreiner held that all races contained elements with unsatisfactory genetics. Schreiner also helped establishing ''Blindern studenthjem'', the sole students' dormitory at

Blindern Blindern is the main campus of the University of Oslo, located in Nordre Aker in Oslo, Norway. Campus Most of the departments of the University of Oslo are located at Blindern; other, smaller campuses include Sentrum (law), Gaustad (medicine), ...

. She died in December 1951 in Oslo.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schreiner, Alette 1873 births 1951 deaths Academics from Oslo University of Oslo alumni Norwegian medical researchers Norwegian anthropologists Norwegian women anthropologists Physical anthropologists