Talk:Birgitta Odén

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Did you know... that Birgitta Odén was the first female history professor in Sweden?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:44, 10 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

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... that Birgitta Odén was the first female history professor in Sweden? Source: Birgitta Odén was the first woman who, in 1965, was appointed professor at Lund university. She was also the first woman to hold an ordinary university professorship in history in Sweden.
- ALT1:... that Birgitta Odén was the first female professor of Lund University? Source: in 1965 became Lund University's first female professor, Birgitta Odén was the first woman who, in 1965, was appointed professor at Lund university. She was also the first woman to hold an ordinary university professorship in history in Sweden., the first female professor was appointed, historian Birgitta Odén.

Created by Tamingimpala (talk). Self-nominated at 13:10, 28 July 2021 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Nice work on this article, Tamingimpala! ~~The only issue I see is the last paragraph, about her death and burial, is uncited.~~ Once this is cited I will happily pass this DYK nomination. Please note I am accepting the Swedish-language sources in good faith. I have a preference for the main hook over ALT1. Michael Barera (talk) 23:14, 31 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

The uncited paragraph has been cited now. This nomination is good to go. I am accepting the Swedish-language references in good faith. Michael Barera (talk) 15:29, 1 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

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