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Elsa Eschelsson

Swedish lawyer & academic

  • Fame41.1
  • Momentum4.3
  • Wikipedia160
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Lived 1861–1911, aged 50Sweden
SwedenSwedenAcademicsAcademic
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  • Era
    1861–1911
    Aged 50
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Updated 2026-08-17

Elsa Olava Kristina Eschelsson was the first woman to finish a Doctor of Laws degree and the first to attain the academic position of docent at a Swedish university, but was denied the right to even serve as acting professor because of her sex. She died in 1911 from an overdose of sleeping-powder.

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