Signe Schmidt-Nielsen

Signe Schmidt-Nielsen
Schmidt-Nielsen in 1907
Born
Signe Torborg Sturtzen-Becker

(1878-12-01)1 December 1878
Stockholm, Sweden
Died2 October 1956(1956-10-02) (aged 77)
Stockholm, Sweden
Burial place
Domkirkegården, Trondheim, Norway
EducationStockholm University
OccupationsPhysicist and nutritionist
OrganizationRoyal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
SpouseSigval Schmidt-Nielsen (m. 1907)
Children4, including Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
RelativesOscar Patric Sturzen-Becker (paternal grandfather)

Signe Torborg Schmidt-Nielsen (née Sturtzen-Becker, 1 December 1878 – 2 October 1959) was a Swedish-Norwegian physicist and nutritionist. She was the first woman to become a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.