Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan
Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan | |
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| Born | Sonja Maj-Britt Linnéa Bergström 17 November 1924 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 25 August 2014 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | psychologist, sexologist |
Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan (17 November 1924 – 25 August 2014) was a Swedish psychologist and midwife, as well as the first authorised sexologist in Sweden.[1][2]
Education and career[]
Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan studied as a midwife in the mid-1940s and obtained her license in 1947. In 1963, she obtained her licentiate in philosophy with specialisation in clinical psychology. She also held a Master of Philosophy in the study of the history of literature and Nordic languages. She also trained as a missionary with the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden.[3]
Between 1958 and 1972, Bergström-Walan worked as an sex educator at the Stockholm School Board and at Skolöverstyrelsen (predecessor to the present-day Swedish National Agency for Education).[4][5] In the 1960s and the 1970s, she was the leading personality in sex education in Sweden.
In 1970, Bergström-Walan founded the which has among other things researched transvestism.
Bergström-Walan has written several books; most notably Den svenska kvinnorapporten: kvinnor i Sverige berättar om sitt sexliv ("The Swedish women's report: women in Sweden talk about their sex life"; co-authored with Helle Høpfner Nielsen), Din bok om kärlek och sex ("Your book on love and sex") and Förbjudna drömmar ("Forbidden dreams"; co-authored with (sv)) She has also written columns in Expressen, Kamratposten, (sv) and Private Magazine.
On 31 May 1996, Bergström-Walan received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine at Uppsala University, Sweden[6]
Personal life[]
Bergström-Walan was married to church historian (sv) between 1949 and 1972, and she has one son, Gustav (born 1952), from that marriage. She then started to cohabit with the Danish-born psychologist (sv; 1929–2013) from 1976, and were then married from 2007 until the latter's death in 2013.[citation needed]
Filmography[]
- 1969 – Ur kärlekens språk
- 1970 – Mera ur kärlekens språk
- 1971 – Kärlekens XYZ
- 2004 – Kärlekens språk
References[]
- ^ Om Maj Briht Bergström-Walan, Sveriges Radio 2008-06-26 (in Swedish)
- ^ Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan död, Dagens Nyheter 2014-08-27 (in Swedish)
- ^ Artikel av Stefan Westin i Fokus 20141121.
- ^ Vikström, Suzanne (9 November 2009). "Maj-Briht och Helle firar bröllops- och födelsedag". QX (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ Hon kunde tala kärlekens språk, Lotta Löfgren-Mårtensson, Dagens Nyheter, 2014-09-14
- ^ "Honorary doctorates - Uppsala University, Sweden".
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