Alfhild Tamm

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Alfhild Tamm
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Born16 May 1876 Edit this on Wikidata
Tveta församling Edit this on Wikidata
Died1 November 1959 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 83)
Lidingö församling Edit this on Wikidata
Resting placeNorra begravningsplatsen Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationPsychiatrist, physician Edit this on Wikidata
FamilyHildegard Tamm, Märta Tamm-Götlind, Ingeborg Hegardt, Olof Tamm Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
  • (1909)
  • Honorary Doctor at Karolinska Institutet (1951) Edit this on Wikidata

Anna Alfhild Tamm (1876-1959), was a Swedish physician and the first female psychiatrist in Sweden.

Life[]

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.[1] Together with Freud she founded the Finnish-Swedish Psychoanalytical Society in 1934 in Stockholm, under the auspices of the Independent practice association.[2]

Personal life[]

She was in a relationship with a woman for many years.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "skbl.se - Alfhild Tamm". www.skbl.se. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. ^ Roos, Esa. "FINLAND, AND PSYCHOANALYSIS ESA ROOS President of the Finnish Psycho-Analytical Society Member of the House of Delegates of the IPA" – via www.academia.edu. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Psychoanalytikerinnen in Skandinavien". www.psychoanalytikerinnen.de.

Sources[]

  • Tamm, Anna Alfhild i Alfred Levertin, Svenskt porträttgalleri (1911), volym XIII. Läkarekåren
  • Svenska män och kvinnor, band 7 (1954)
  • Svensk uppslagsbok, band 28 (1954)

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