Birgit Grodal (24 June 1943 - 4 May 2004), was an economics professor at the University of Copenhagen from 1968 until her death in 2004.
Grodal was interested in mathematics from a young age and used to fill the pages of her psalm book with equations.
Grodal gained her degree (1962) and her masters (1968) in mathematics and physics from the University of Copenhagen.
Also at the University of Copenhagen she earned her Ph.D. in mathematics under Werner Fenchel, her dissertation, A critical overview of the present theory on atomless economies,[3] won a gold medal, something which was used to support young scholars in the old Danish academic system.
[6] The Birgit Grodal Award is bestowed bi-annually (even years) in her memory, the winner receives €10,000.