Alette Schreiner

Alette Schreiner, Falch (18 May 1873 – 26 December 1951) was a Norwegian researcher.

Personal life She was born in Christiania as a daughter of district stipendiary magistrate Ingvald Falch (1825–1909) and Alette Louise Aubert (1850–1916). She was a great-granddaughter of Benoni Aubert. Falch grew up in Eidsvoll. Her brother Ingvald Falch, Jr. (1884–1962) followed their father in becoming a district stipendiary magistrate.

Marriage and family In September 1900 Falch married Kristian Schreiner, a civil servant. Their son Johan Schreiner became a noted historian.

Career She took her examen artium at Ragna Nielsens skole in 1892 and graduated with the cand.med. degree in 1899. She was also an intern at the hospital Rikshospitalet in 1900, before studying children's and women's illnesses abroad. She was never hired in an academic position, but conducted research together with her husband, who was a professor. Her most read book was Slegtslivet hos menneskene. However, Alette Schreiner held that all races contained elements with unsatisfactory genetics.

Schreiner also helped establishing Blindern studenthjem, the sole students' dormitory at Blindern. She died in December 1951 in Oslo.