Helga Dagsland

Helga Dagsland (28 May 1910 to 21 April 2003) was a Norwegian nurse and organizational leader, born in Haugesund as the daughter of a bookseller. She graduated as a nurse in Bergen in 1937, studied at Teachers College, Columbia University, in the United States, and later took a cand.philol. degree at the University of Oslo in 1965. After many years working as a nurse she lectured at Norges Sykepleierhøgskole from 1958 to 1977 and chaired Norsk Sykepleierforbund, the Norwegian nurses' association, from 1967 to 1973. Her writings include Sykepleie, en utfordring (1955), Lederskap i skolen (1965) and Sykepleie som terapi (1983). She received the Norwegian Red Cross honorary badge in 1970 and the Florence Nightingale Medal of the International Red Cross in 1971, became an honorary member of the nurses' association in 1977, and was made Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1981.