Ada Nilsson

Ada Konstantia Nilsson (21 September 1872 – 23 May 1964) was an early Swedish woman medical doctor. She was one of the founders of the campaigning magazine Tidevarvet in 1923.

Early life and education Nilsson was born in Södra Säms in 1872. She was brought up in a farmhouse. Her father, who helped to run the textile workers cottage industry, died when she was thirteen and she went to live in Stockholm. In 1891 she was one of the first women to take medical training, initially in Uppsala and mainly in Stockholm. She met Lydia Wahlström and Alma Sundquist who were also female pioneers. She was a member of the Liberal Women's National Association.

The magazine Tidevarvet was founded in 1923 by Kerstin Hesselgren, educator Honorine Hermelin, Ada Nilsson, Elisabeth Tamm, a liberal politician, and Elin Wägner, an author. The founders had a liberal political stance

Private life and death Nilsson had a very close relationship with Honorine Hermelin. During the last year of her life Nilsson went to stay at Fogelstad with Hermelin. Nilsson died in . She was near blind and poor. She was buried in a cemetery near her birthplace. Her life is one of those celebrated in Stockholm's Östermalmstorg metro station by Siri Derkert.