She continued her studies at Stockholm College, earning a doctorate in art history in 1921, the first Swedish woman to do so.
[1] In 1919, she moved to Mora to catalogue the Zorngården art collection while continuing to work on her doctorate.
Ett bidrag till kännedomen om stilströmningarna under den yngre medeltiden (Brick-decorated grey stone churches in northern Svealand.
A contribution to knowledge of stylistic trends in the late Middle Ages) which earned her a doctorate in 1921.
With the publication of her book Studier i den nordiska timmerbyggnadskonsten in 1927, she received an appointment as docent at Stockholm College.