On Palm Sunday, 10 April 1960, she became one of the first three female priests in Sweden when she was ordained by Bishop Ruben Josefson in Härnösand Cathedral.

After matriculating from high school in Gothenburg in 1930, she passed a preparatory examination in theology and went on to study at Uppsala University where she graduated as Cand.theol.

She began to assist at church services, sometimes holding sermons long before women were admitted as priests.

[4] On 21 January 1960, a meeting of bishops decided that three women should be ordained as priests: in addition Persson, Elisabeth Djurle Olander and Margit Sahlin.

Persson continued to support the ordination of women as priests and helped many to accomplish their goals and to perform their duties.