Nanna Charlotta Svartz (25 July 1890 in Västerås – 3 April 1986 in Stockholm) was a Swedish physician and the first female professor at a public university in Sweden.

[1] The school's director (and her history teacher) was Lydia Wahlström, an important figure in the Swedish suffrage movement.

Famous physicians such as Hans Christian Jacobaeus, Gustaf Bergmark, Sven Ingvar and Olav Hanssen backed her application.

[4][3] Throughout her career, Nanna Svartz had a strong national and international network and traveled Europe and the world for congresses and studies.

[2] In many cases, she became also the physician of influential people, for example Aleksandra Kollontaj and Karolina Widerström, who was a mentor to her,[2] and the composer Allan Pettersson.

From the difficulties in obtaining the student exam during her studies before she qualified, Nanna Svartz was confronted with discrimination throughout her life.

She was interested in feminist issues from an early age on, for example when listening to a talk about women's suffrage in Västerås.

Right after she obtained her undergraduate degree, she joined the Women Physicians Permanent Committee (Kvinnliga läkares permanenta kommitté, KLPK).