Nanna Fleischer (3 February 1862 – 1946) was a Norwegian pioneering teacher for disabled persons. She was the co-founder of the orthopedic institution, Sophies Minde. She was born in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway). She was the sister of

Agnes Fleischer 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 wit ...

. Together with her sister Agnes, who suffered from a hip and back disease, she established a school for disabled persons in 1892 with a grant from King

Oscar II of Sweden 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 ...

, which was the basis for the institution Sophies Minde, established in 1897. After her sister's death in 1909 she continued as the sole manager of Sophies Minde until her retirement in 1921. The orthopedic hospital later became part of the National Centre for orthopedics which in 1995 was merged with the

Oslo University 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 ...

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1862 births 1946 deaths Heads of schools in Norway {{Norway-bio-stub