Brita Snellman, also Brita Ribbing, (21 May 1901 - 9 June 1978) was a Swedish architect. In 1924, she became the first woman to graduate in architecture as a regular student at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.[1][2]
Biography
Snellman obtained good results in drawing and mathematics in her school leaving examination after her schooling in the Stockholm district of Djursholm. As a result, her father, a bank manager, engaged Gunnar Asplund to introduce her to architecture.
In 1920, she was admitted to the Royal Institute of Technology as a special student but the following year, after a change in the statutes, she was given the status of a regular student.
In 1924, Snellman was the first woman to graduate in architecture under the new rules.[2]
In August 1924, she was employed as an architect by Ragnar Hjorth (1887–1971).[3]
In 1925, she took up employment with the architect Dag Ribbing (1898–1980), whom she married. She later undertook commissions together with her son Lennart Ribbing (1927–1993).[1]
