Signy Arctander
Norwegian statistician and economist (1895-1971)
Signy Arctander (26 October 1895 – 23 September 1971) was a Norwegian statistician and economist. She worked for Statistics Norway from 1920 until her retirement in 1965, and from 1960 to 1963 was acting director. Arctander studied and published on issues such as variation in social conditions across Norway and the participation of women in the workforce. Among her research works are Miljøundersøkelse for Oslo from 1928, two reports on the situation of children, and the study Arbeidsvilkår for hushjelp from 1937. She was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1966.
Biography
Arctander was born in Bergen, a daughter of politician Sofus Arctander and Maren Sofie Aars (1849–1940). She grew up in Kristiania, and took her artium exam in 1915. She then studied economics at the university. Arctander became a cand.oecon.
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