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Vera Helfrid Victoria Sandberg (born 23 May 1895 at ''Hångers gård'' (
Vera Sandberg has given her name to several things, among other:
* Chalmersspexet Vera, spex performed by Chalmers Students' Union.
* ''Vera Sandbergs Allé'',
''Svenska DagblExterna links - Vera Resare (1979-12-30)''
Eng
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:Hångers farm) in Ljungby
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; died 24 December 1979 in Stockholm
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) was a Swedish engineer. In 1917, she became Sweden's first female engineer.
Biography
Vera Sandberg grew up at Långasjönäs in Asarums parish in the province ofBlekinge
Blekinge () is one of the traditional Swedish provinces (), situated in the southern coast of the geographic region of Götaland, in southern Sweden. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea. It is the country's second-smallest provin ...
. When she entered Chalmers University of Technology
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in 1914 she was the only woman among 500 male students. In 1917, she achieved her degree in chemistry, and after that she started working at ''AB Skandinaviska Raffineriet'' in Partille
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, as well as positions at ''Oljefabriken i Karlshamn
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'', ''Helsingborg
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s Gummifabrik'' and at ''Sieverts Kabelverk'' in Sundbyberg
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. She married engineer Ragnar Adolf Resare in 1937. The couple resided in Storfors
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Storfors specialises in the manufacturing of heavy wall pipes in standard and special grades for large p ...
for several years, when she mainly focused on her family. Until 1965 she was part-owner of ''Långasjönäs Pappersbruk'' and was included in the board on a regular basis.
Legacy
Vera Sandberg has given her name to several things, among other:
* Chalmersspexet Vera, spex performed by Chalmers Students' Union.
* ''Vera Sandbergs Allé'', allée
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in Gothenburg
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.
* One of Chalmer's hot-air balloons.
* A conference room at Chalmer's student union building, called Veras Gräsmatta (Vera's Lawn).
* Chalmer's team, ''Chalmers Vera Team'', in the competition Eco Marathon.
* ''Vera Sandbergs gata'', a street in Ljungby
Ljungby () is the Urban areas in Sweden, central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015.
Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a ''köping'', or ''market town'', and did not become a municipality o ...
.
In June 2019, a statue was unveiled in her honour by Chalmers University of Technology
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on Vera Sandberg Avenue in Gothenburg
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, created by sculptor Jan Cardell.
Sources
* ''Sveriges dödbok 1947-2006, (CD-ROM), Sveriges Släktforskarförbund''''Svenska DagblExterna links - Vera Resare (1979-12-30)''
Further reading
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandberg, Vera Swedish engineers 1895 births 1979 deaths Swedish women engineers 20th-century Swedish engineers 20th-century Swedish women engineers People from Ljungby Municipality Chalmers University of Technology alumni 20th-century Swedish women