Thora Wigardh

Thora Alfhilda Evelina Wigardh (7 June 1860 – 13 October 1933) was a Swedish physician and gynecologist. She specialised in women's issues, and fought for women's rights. She was the first female doctor active in Gothenburg and was the first woman to be elected into the Gothenburg medical society.

Life and work Thora Wigardh was born on 7 June 1860. She was one of seven children of customs administrator Jan Otto Granström and Maria Elisabeth Wiliamson and spent her early years in Gothenburg as well as in Marstrand and Sölvesborg. As a pioneer female medical student, her experience was difficult, with sexual harassment and discrimination. The Uppsala female students' association was founded in 1892 to advocate for women, and Wigardh was the first deputy chair, while the chair was Lydia Wahlström. She was a suffragist and a member of the Gothenburg branch of the National Association for Women's Suffrage (Sweden).

The street Doktor Wigardhs Gata (Doctor Wigardh Street) at södra Guldheden in Gotheborg is named after her.

Personal life On 19 December 1897, she married fellow medicine licentiate Pontus Erland Wigardh (1866–1907) but he died only a decade later after an illness.

On 23 October 1933, Thora Wigardh died and was buried in the family gravesite in the Eastern cemetery, Gothenburg.