Gunhild Kyle (28 August 1921 – 14 February 2016) was a Swedish historian.
[1][2] She was Sweden's first professor of women's history at the University of Gothenburg.
Gunhild Karlson was born on 28 August 1921 in Gothenburg, the daughter of sales manager Gunnar Karlson and his wife, Karin (Lundstedt).
She served as a senior lecturer at high school in Stenungsund before becoming, in 1984, Sweden's first professor of women's history at the University of Gothenburg, where she worked until 1987/1988, after which she became professor emerita.
She is the author of Svenska flickskolor under 1800-talet ("Swedish girls' schools during the 19th century") (1970; thesis with the same name in 1972) and Gäst-arbeterska i manssamhället ("Guest workers in the men's society") (1979), and well as essays in various journals.