Erika Liebman (1738–1803) was a Swedish poet and academic. She was likely the first woman student at Lunds universitet.

She was the daughter of professor Reinhold Liebman at the Lund university and was allowed to attend class. She woukd thereby be counted as the first woman to have studied at a Swedish university. She continued her studies as an adult, which aroused great attention because of her gender.

I November 1756, she was published in Latin in Svenska Merkurius:

She married the vicar Magnus Sommar in Ingelstorp in 1761.

[edit] See also

• Charlotta Liljeroth
• Betty Pettersson

[edit] References

• Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor, sid 235