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Alexandra Kollontai and three Swedish female physicians : Friendly relationships around the Soviet ambassador in Stockholm 1930–1945

Nicolaidis, Alexandra LU ; Nilsson, Peter M LU and Dunér, David LU orcid (2021) In Acta Medico-Historica Rigensia 14(33). p.57-82
Abstract
Alexandra Kollontai was the Soviet ambassador to Sweden in the years1930 to 1945. In Sweden she gained many friends in the peace- and women’s movement and among these were several female physicians. This article describes and investigates the friendships between Swedish female physicians and Alexandra Kollontai. The three physicians focused on are Ada Nilsson (1872–1964), Andrea Andreen (1888–1972) and Nanna Svartz (1890–1986). It is found that Kollontai and the physicians became proper friends, although initial contacts between them had political or medical causes.
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female physicians, history of medicine, Kollontai, Soviet Union, Sweden
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Acta Medico-Historica Rigensia
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14
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33
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26 pages
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Riga Stradins University
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  • scopus:85161675154
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1022-8012
DOI
10.25143/amhr.2021.XIV.04
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English
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  author       = {{Nicolaidis, Alexandra and Nilsson, Peter M and Dunér, David}},
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  publisher    = {{Riga Stradins University}},
  series       = {{Acta Medico-Historica Rigensia}},
  title        = {{Alexandra Kollontai and three Swedish female physicians : Friendly relationships around the Soviet ambassador in Stockholm 1930–1945}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.25143/amhr.2021.XIV.04}},
  doi          = {{10.25143/amhr.2021.XIV.04}},
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