Louise Katarina Hammarström (born 25 May 1849 - 5 November 1917), was a Swedish chemist. She was the first formally trained and educated Swedish chemist of her gender.

Louise Hammarström was the daughter of a vicar. Orphaned at an early age, she grew up at an Ironworks

Ironworks

An ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and/or steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e...

in Dalarna, were she became interested in chemical substances. She studied chemistry by private lessons, and was in 1875 employed at the laboratory of engineer Werner Cronquist in Stockholm, were she was active as an assistant in 1876-1881. She was then active as mineral chemist at the Ironworks of Bångbro 1881-87, Fagersta 1887-91 and Schisshyttan 1891-93. In 1893, she opened her own laboratory, were she was primarily focused on minerals and geological studies.

Sources

• http://www.ub.gu.se/fasta/laban/erez/kvinnohistoriska/tidskrifter/idun/1895/pdf/1895_47.pdf