Carin Boalt

Carin Margareta Boalt ( Åkerman; April 19, 1912 – April 28, 1999) was a Swedish professor of Building Function Analysis at Lund University, who at the time of her appointment was the first female professor in Lund. She was head of research at the Home Research Institute (a predecessor of the Swedish Consumer Agency) from 1944 until 1956.

Early life and education She was born Carin Margareta Åkerman on Molstaberg, Vårdinge parish (today located in Södertälje Municipality) to proprietor Karl Åkerman and his wife Lydia ( Löfström). She married sociology professor Gunnar Boalt in 1935, with whom she had five children. The couple divorced in 1957.

Boalt began her studies in Stockholm and received her master's degree in botany, zoology and chemistry from Stockholm University in 1935. She later received a licentiate degree from Lund University in 1963 after writing a thesis on the potential for innovation in households.

Career

A course in nutrition at Stockholm University in 1936 led to her first job at Kooperativa Förbundet running a study on eating habits. Between 1939 and 1948 she worked as an assistant under Ernst Abramsson at the Government Institute for Public Health.

Death and legacy

Boalt remained in Stockholm until her death, dying in 1999 at the age of 87.