Edda Sveinsdottir

1936–2022 (age 86)

Biography

Edda Sveinsdottir (9 April 1936 – 3 April 2022) was an Icelandic-Danish computer scientist, inventor, and professor. She is considered to be the first female Danish computer scientist and was the first (and currently only) female head of department at University of Copenhagen's Department of Computer Science.

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