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| Famous Norwegian Women on Stamps |
| CATHINKA GULDBERG (1840-1919) Portrait of the first Norwegian deaconess and professional nurse. As a result  of being challenged during
a spiritual and social awakening in Norway, Guldberg became our first deaconess. She
started singlehanded the profession in 1868 as a leader of the Deaconess House in Oslo
that became a pioneer in the field of modern nursing and Christian  welfare work in Norway. The
deaconesses were the only professional nurses in Norway in that time. She took parts
of her education in Kaiserwerth in Germany where Protestant deaconal nursing ministries
began. In 1915 she was the first woman in Norway to be decorated with the distinction of
"Order of St. Olav". These stamps were issued in 1968 on the centennial of the
Deaconess House, where also her statue is standing. |