Signy Arctander (26 October 1895 – 23 September 1971) was a Norwegian statistician and economist. She was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

, a daughter of politician

Sofus Arctander Sofus Anton Birger Arctander (22 January 1845 - 20 August 1924) was a politician with the Liberal Party who served as acting Prime Minister of Norway during 1905. Background Sofus Arctander was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the ...

. She was appointed at the

Statistics Norway Statistics Norway ( no, Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every yea ...

from 1920, and worked for this institution until her retirement in 1965; from 1960 to 1963 as acting director. Among her research works are ''Miljøundersøkelse for Oslo'' from 1928, two reports on the situation of children, and the study ''Arbeidsvilkår for hushjelp'' from 1937. She was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1966.

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