Signy Arctander

Signy Arctander (26 October 1895 – 23 September 1971) was a Norwegian statistician and economist. She worked for Statistics Norway from 1920 until her retirement in 1965, and from 1960 to 1963 was acting director. Arctander studied and published on issues such as variation in social conditions across Norway and the participation of women in the workforce. Among her research works are Miljøundersøkelse for Oslo from 1928, two reports on the situation of children, and the study Arbeidsvilkår for hushjelp from 1937. She was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1966.

Biography Arctander was born in Bergen, a daughter of politician Sofus Arctander and Maren Sofie Aars (1849–1940).

She was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1966. She died in Oslo in 1975, aged 75.

A house at Pilestredet 40 in Oslo is named for her.