''Rosalie'' Ingeborg Karolina Fougelberg (29 December 1841Birth record
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dentist A dentist, also known as a dental surgeon, is a health care professional who specializes in dentistry (the diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the mouth, oral cavity and other aspects of the craniofaci ...

after the profession was opened to women. She was the daughter of the dentist of the

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, and her father's assistant. In 1861, the dentist profession was legally opened to women. Fougelberg tried twice to get her dentist's certificate; the second time, she was approved by the medical examiners but not by the dentistry representative. During her third try in 1866, the examination was supervised by the press. She was still turned down by the Collegium Medicum, but given a royal dispensation by the monarch,

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. She was thereby the first woman dentist since the profession was opened for women:

Amalia Assur Amalia Assur (June 8, 1803 – 1889) was the first female dentist in Sweden. Amalia Assur was born in Stockholm as the daughter of the Jewish dentist Joel Assur (1753–1837), the Dentist of the Royal Family, who has been referred to as one of the ...

had been licensed before, but she was given a special permission, before the profession was officially opened to women. Fougelberg was the personal dentist of the Queen,

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from 1867 to 1871, and was later active in

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(1867–79) and

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(1883–1893). She married the sea captain and missionary Torell and emigrated to

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References

* Österberg, Carin et al., ''Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare'' (Swedish women: predecessors, successors) Lund: Signum 1990. () (Swedish) * Kjellander Barbro: "På Amalia Assurs tid. Några anteckningar om och kring den första svenska kvinnliga tandläkaren" (The days of Amalia Assur. Some notes about and in connection to the first female dentist in Sweden) {{DEFAULTSORT:Fougelberg, Rosalie Women dentists 1841 births Swedish dentists 19th-century Swedish people 1911 deaths Swedish courtiers 19th-century dentists

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