Signe Swensson (23 November 1888 in

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– 22 April 1974) was a Norwegian physician and politician for the

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. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1931 to 1936Signe Swensson
NSD – Norwegian Centre for Research Data. and as president of the

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in 1956. 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 president of the Norwegian Association of Female Professionals 1936–46, member of the city council of Trondheim 1937-47 and president of the

. Her father was Swedish-born businessman Pehr Gustaf Swensson and her brother was physician Nils Victor Swensson.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Swensson, Signe Norwegian women's rights activists Women members of the Storting 1888 births 1974 deaths Members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians People from Trondheim 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people