Nanna Kristensen-Randers

Nanna Kristensen-Randers née Berg (1864–1908) was a Danish lawyer and folk high school administrator. In 1887, she became the first Danish woman to receive a law diploma. From 1894, she assisted her husband, J.P. Kristensen-Randers, in running Ollerup Højskole on the island of Funen.

Early life and education Born on 3 November 1864 on the island of Bogø, Nanna Berg was the daughter of the politician Chresten Poulsen Berg (1829–91) and the publisher Maren Bertelsen (1836–1906). She was brought up in a Grundtvegian milieu, her father being the founder of Bogø's Navigation School. In 1876, she moved with her family to Hillerød where her mother looked after her while her father became involved in publishing and politics. When the family settled in Copenhagen in 1884, she attended N. Zahle's School where she was said to have been extraordinarily hard-working and gifted.