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Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff

1881 – 1973

Swedish physician

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Lived 1881 – 1973 (aged 91). Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff was a Swedish and Russian physician and philanthropist.

Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff (: ; 9 October 1881, Saint Petersburg – 1973, Stockholm), was a Russian-Swedish physician and philanthropist and member of the Nobel family. She was the daughter of industrialist and humanitarian Ludvig Nobel and the niece of Alfred Nobel.

Career In 1904, she graduated from the St. Petersburg's Women's Medical Institute, presently First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Peterburg, its Surgery Clinic. She was the head physician of the Branobel war hospital and was awarded the Finnish Winter War Medal in 1940.

In 1905, she married a doctor specialist in infectious diseases, professor G. P. Oleinikoff.

Nobel opposed the creation of the Bank of Sweden prize in economics, and stated in a letter to the Nobel Foundation in 1968 that the Nobel family would not allow it to be named a Nobel prize.

Personal life She was the grandmother of Michael Nobel.

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Saint Petersburg Female Medical Institute

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Who was Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff?

Swedish physician

When was Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff born?

Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff was born on 9 October 1881 in Saint Petersburg.

When did Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff die?

Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff died on 4 January 1973 in Stockholm.

What was Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff's occupation?

Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff was a physician and philanthropist.

What nationality was Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff?

Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff was Swedish and Russian.

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· Wikidata: Q6774127

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