Signe Swensson

Signe Swensson MP
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1931–1936
Constituency	Trondheim and Levanger
17th President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
In office 1956–1956
Preceded by	Marit Aarum
Succeeded by	Eva Kolstad
Personal details
Born	(1888-11-23)23 November 1888
Died	22 April 1974(1974-04-22) (aged 85)
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Conservative Party
Occupation	Physician, politician

Signe Swensson (23 November 1888 in Trondhjem – 22 April 1974) was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Conservative Party of Norway. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1931 to 1936^[1] and as president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights 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 Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.

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

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