Marie Lovise Pedersen (16 January 1893 – 27 July 1990) was a Norwegian aided education pedagogue. She was born in

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to Hans Martinius Pedersen and Christine Elisabeth Andersen, and was a sister of architect Sverre Pedersen and metallurgist Harald Pedersen. She died in Trondheim in 1990. Pedersen graduated as teacher in 1913, and received further education from the

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and the

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. She was teacher and headmaster of the Trondheim school of

special education Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual di ...

. From 1939 to 1962 she served as director of the Directorate for special schools (). She wrote the book ''Intelligensprøving av barn'' in 1933, and was co-author of ''De evnesvake i skole og samfunn'' from 1946.

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1893 births 1990 deaths People from Trondheim Norwegian schoolteachers University of Geneva alumni University of Zurich alumni Norwegian expatriates in Switzerland Norwegian expatriates in Germany Directors of government agencies of Norway {{Norway-gov-bio-stub