Sofie Schjøtt (11 August 1871 – 20 January 1950) was a Norwegian jurist.

Early life

She was born in Aker to

Peter Olrog Schjøtt Peter Olrog Schjøtt (29 July 1833 – 7 January 1926) was a Norwegian philologist and politician. Personal life Peter Olrog Schjøtt was born in 1833 to priest and politician Ole Hersted Schjøtt (1805–1848) and his wife Anna Jacobine, née ...

and Mathilde Dunker. She was a granddaughter of Bernhard Dunker, and a great-granddaughter of

Conradine Birgitte Dunker Conradine Birgitte Dunker (née Hansteen) (25 August 1780 – 11 September 1866) was a Norwegian socialite and writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to ...

Career

Schjøtt was among the first female jurists in Norway. She had a long career in the

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, and was later a judge in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

References

1871 births 1950 deaths Judges from Oslo {{norway-law-bio-stub