Margot Dorenfeldt (1895–1986) was the first woman to graduate from Norwegian Institute of Technology (1919) and specialized in inorganic chemistry and electrochemistry.

Margot was born 2 October 1895 in Worms, Germany, when her family was there; her father was working on assignment as technical director of a cellulose factory.

While in college, she was active in student debates and made critical comments about her fellow engineers and their record of participation in social politics.

[1][5][6][7] In 1922, the university granted Dorenfeldt a scholarship so she could study at the Collège de France in Paris.

While there she met and married a fellow Norwegian and changed her name to Margot Dorenfeldt Holtan.