Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan
Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan (17 November 1924 – 25 August 2014) was a Swedish psychologist and midwife, as well as the first authorised sexologist in Sweden. Education and career Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan studied as a midwife in the mid-1940s and obtained her license in 1947. In 1963, she obtained her licentiate in philosophy with specialisation in clinical psychology. She also held a Master of Philosophy in the study of the history of literature and Nordic languages. She also trained as a missionary with the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden. Between 1958 and 1972, Bergström-Walan worked as a sex educator at the Stockholm School Board and at Skolöverstyrelsen (predecessor to the present-day Swedish National Agency for Education). In the 1960s and the 1970s, she was the leading personality in sex education in Sweden. In 1970, Bergström-Walan founded the Swedish Sexual Research Institute which has among other things researched transvestism. Bergström-Walan has written several books; most notably Den svenska kvinnorapporten: kvinnor i Sverige berättar om sitt sexliv ("The Swedish women's report: women in Sweden talk about their sex life"; co-authored with Helle Høpfner Nielsen), Din bok om kärlek och sex ("Your book on love and sex") and Förbjudna drömmar ("Forbidden dreams"; co-authored with Malena Ivarsson