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 completed a master's degree in Gothenburg in 1950, became a Licentiate of Philosophy in 1970, earned her Doctor of Philosophy in 1972, and became a docent in 1979.[3]
Kyle was an assistant professor at Vasa municipal girls' school in Gothenburg, and at a high school in Partille. 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.[3]
In 1946–1974, she married associate professor, Per Gunnar Kyle (1919–2006). Since 1974, she was a partner with Professor Gunnar Qvist (1916–1980).[4] She is the mother of the historian, Doctor Jörgen Kyle (born 1950) and actor Sissela Kyle (born 1957).[1] Kyle died on 14 February 2016 in Stockholm.[2]
