163:
When the universities of Sweden were opened to women in 1870, her mother and grandmother decided that she should study medicine at a university and obtain a formal license, to avoid being persecuted and accused of quackery, which had been the case with many women in the history of their family, such
31:
140:, the daughter of Marna Nilsdotter, the daughter of Elna Hansdotter, the daughter of Sissa MĂĄrtensdotter, the daughter of Elna Persdotter - the family had over 150 years of healing history when Hedda was born. Her mother and grandmother worked together as medical practitioners in
330:
175:
only shortly before. She was the only female there until 1882, but she was reportedly treated with respect by her male fellow students. She took her
410:
405:
179:
in 1887 and her medical license in 1892. She thereby became the second female physician to have graduated from a
Swedish university after
136:
for at least seven generations, dating back to the 17th century. Hedda was the daughter of
Johanna Andersson, who was the daughter of
400:
395:
302:
335:
129:
Johanna
Andersson. When her father died in 1866, she moved with her mother and three siblings to live with her grandmother.
415:
380:
364:
316:
132:
On her mother's side, she descended from a line of medicine women, known to have practiced traditional
180:
390:
385:
176:
8:
172:
171:
She has been referred to as the first female student there, though actually this was
317:
Lund
University website, Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate,
231:
215:
219:
114:
71:
359:
241:
165:
153:
374:
349:
Schenlær, Margareta, Malmökvinnor, Malmö kulturhistoriska fören., Malmö, 2003
274:
164:
as her grandmother and mother. Hedda
Andersson was educated at the school of
133:
126:
260:
188:
137:
125:
Hedda
Andersson was the daughter of a male laborer named Andersson and the
288:
145:
336:
Gothenburg
University Library, newspaper article dated January 24, 1896
236:
184:
203:
110:
157:
141:
117:
and the second university-educated woman physician in Sweden.
99:
44:
30:
199:
192:
160:, as did her daughter, the mother of Hedda, for the same reason.
107:
331:
Margareta
Wickström: Medicinska Fackulteten, Lunds universitet
340:
Margareta
Wickström: Medicinska fakulteten, Lunds universitet
103:
59:
319:
Hedda
Andersson visiting professorship at BECC and the CEC
89:
Second university-educated woman physician in Sweden
152:("Woman of Lund"), and had educated herself to a
372:
168:, and was admitted to Lund University in 1880.
303:Lund University website, Faculty of Medicine,
206:1895–1925, after which she settled in Lund.
29:
113:. She was the second female student at
373:
289:Swedish Biographical Lexicon website,
275:Swedish Biographical Lexicon website,
261:Swedish Biographical Lexicon website,
222:in 2009 in memory of Hedda Andersson.
411:19th-century Swedish women physicians
406:20th-century Swedish women physicians
202:1892–95, in Malmö in 1893–95, and in
144:. Her grandmother was famous in all
282:
13:
353:
14:
427:
365:Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon
218:Professorship was created at the
401:20th-century Swedish physicians
396:19th-century Swedish physicians
310:
296:
268:
254:
198:She was active as a doctor in
1:
247:
209:
187:in 1892 and 1895, and under
7:
225:
10:
432:
416:20th-century Swedish women
156:to avoid being accused of
96:Hedda Albertina Andersson
85:
77:
67:
52:
37:
28:
21:
381:Swedish women physicians
120:
102:– 7 September 1950, in
183:. She also studied in
346:Idun. Nummer 4, 1896
343:Idun. Nummer 6, 1891
181:Karolina Widerström
98:(24 April 1861, in
177:bachelor's degree
93:
92:
16:Swedish physician
423:
323:
321:(March 12, 2018)
314:
308:
300:
294:
286:
280:
277:Marna Nilsdotter
272:
266:
258:
232:Betty Pettersson
216:Visiting scholar
173:Hildegard Björck
56:7 September 1950
33:
19:
18:
431:
430:
426:
425:
424:
422:
421:
420:
371:
370:
360:Hedda Andersson
356:
354:Further reading
327:
326:
315:
311:
305:Hedda Andersson
301:
297:
287:
283:
273:
269:
263:Hedda Andersson
259:
255:
250:
228:
220:Lund University
212:
123:
115:Lund University
72:Lund University
68:Alma mater
63:
57:
48:
42:
24:
23:Hedda Andersson
17:
12:
11:
5:
429:
419:
418:
413:
408:
403:
398:
393:
388:
383:
369:
368:
355:
352:
351:
350:
347:
344:
341:
338:
333:
325:
324:
309:
295:
281:
267:
252:
251:
249:
246:
245:
244:
242:Sofia Holmgren
239:
234:
227:
224:
211:
208:
166:Maria Stenkula
154:barber surgeon
122:
119:
91:
90:
87:
86:Known for
83:
82:
79:
75:
74:
69:
65:
64:
58:
54:
50:
49:
43:
39:
35:
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
428:
417:
414:
412:
409:
407:
404:
402:
399:
397:
394:
392:
389:
387:
384:
382:
379:
378:
376:
367:
366:
361:
358:
357:
348:
345:
342:
339:
337:
334:
332:
329:
328:
322:
320:
313:
307:
306:
299:
293:
292:
285:
279:
278:
271:
265:
264:
257:
253:
243:
240:
238:
235:
233:
230:
229:
223:
221:
217:
207:
205:
201:
196:
194:
190:
186:
182:
178:
174:
169:
167:
161:
159:
155:
151:
147:
143:
139:
135:
134:folk medicine
130:
128:
127:cunning woman
118:
116:
112:
109:
105:
101:
97:
88:
84:
80:
76:
73:
70:
66:
61:
55:
51:
46:
41:24 April 1861
40:
36:
32:
27:
20:
363:
318:
312:
304:
298:
291:Elna Hansson
290:
284:
276:
270:
262:
256:
213:
197:
170:
162:
150:Lundakvinnan
149:
138:Elna Hansson
131:
124:
95:
94:
391:1950 deaths
386:1861 births
146:Scandinavia
375:Categories
248:References
237:Emmy Rappe
189:Max Sänger
185:Copenhagen
78:Occupation
210:Memorials
204:Stockholm
195:in 1893.
111:physician
106:), was a
81:Physician
226:See also
158:quackery
62:, Sweden
47:, Sweden
200:Ronneby
193:Leipzig
148:as the
108:Swedish
142:Malmö
100:Malmö
45:Malmö
121:Life
104:Lund
60:Lund
53:Died
38:Born
362:at
191:in
377::
214:A
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
