Agnes Sjöberg

Agnes Hildegard Sjöberg was a Finnish veterinarian. She graduated as a veterinarian and was the first woman in Europe and likely the first woman in the world to obtain the PhD degree in veterinary medicine. During her career, Sjöberg worked as a municipal veterinarian in Somero and Närpes and had a private veterinary clinic for many years. Sjöberg was subjected to prejudice and discrimination by colleagues, and her pioneering work as a female veterinarian was not recognized until much after her death.