Kirsten Utheim Toverud

Kirsten Utheim Toverud (10 January 1890 – 12 July 1949) was a Norwegian pediatrician.

Kirsten Utheim Toverud
Born(1890-01-10)10 January 1890
Veblungsnes, Norway
Died12 July 1949(1949-07-12) (aged 59)
Iowa City
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationPediatrician
RelativesTrygve Utheim (brother)

Personal life

Toverud was born on 10 January 1890 in Veblungsnes, to businessman Bergsvein Utheim and Anette Toenberg, and was a sister of Trygve Utheim. She married odontologist Guttorm Toverud in 1922.[1]

Career

Toverud graduated as cand.med. in 1916, and dr.med. in 1923, the third woman in Norway to graduate with a doctor degree in medicine.[2]

Her research focused on children's diseases, in particular nutritional disturbances. She was engaged in public health and social medicine. On her initiative, Norwegian Women's Public Health Association opened a station for guiding pregnant women in 1925, the first such in Norway. She chaired the Norwegian Society of Pediatricians from 1934 to 1936.[1]

References
  1. Frølich, Agnes H. "Kirsten Utheim Toverud". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Kirsten Utheim Toverud". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 2 September 2020.


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