Iréne Grahn

Iréne Maria Grahn (7 February 1945 in Västerbotten – 19 September 2013 in Tällberg), was a Swedish visual artist and medical device inventor.

Biography Iréne Grahn was born in Västerbotten and grew up in a group of six siblings. She trained as a visual artist having studied at Capellagården in Vickleby on Öland, the second largest Swedish island, and at the Textile Institute in Borås, Sweden. Her invention became registered as a medical device by a Swedish government agency.

Honors and awards Diploma: Light Year 1997 from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences saying her finger-joint support "combines function, form and beauty." Silver medal at the Eureka world exhibition of innovation in Brussels, 1998. Nominated for Female Inventor of the Year by the Swedish Inventors' Association, 2010.