Alfhild Tamm [SEP] date of death
Alfhild Tamm
Anna "Alfhild" Tamm (1876-1959), was a Swedish physician and Psychiatrist. She was the first Psychiatrist of her gender in Sweden.
Tamm graduated in Stockholm in 1895, acquired her medical license at Karolinska institutet in 1905 and, after having been approved by the nervclinic at the Serafimerlasarettet in 1908, she was active in Stockholm in 1909-1946.
Tamm was a student of Sigmund Freud and belonged to those introducing the Psychoanalysis in Sweden. She had a special interest in speaking disorders
1908 in Sweden
Events from the year 1908 in Sweden
Incumbents.
- Monarch – Gustav V
- Prime Minister - Arvid Lindman
Events.
- 18 February - Inauguration of the new building of the Royal Dramatic Theatre
- - First female psychiatrist: Alfhild Tamm
- - The first women are employed in the Swedish Police Authority.
- - Karolina Olsson awakes from 32 years of hibernation.
Births.
- 26 January - Gideon Ståhlberg, chess grandmaster (died 1967)
Deaths.