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Ada Nilsson, born September 21, 1872, died May 23, 1964, was a Swedish doctor and activist in the early Swedish women's rights movement.

Early life and education
Nilsson was the youngest of three daugthers of Hans Petter Nilsson and Albertina Juliana Hulander. As a teenager, she was orphaned but her guardian made sure she was given an education at one of the most prominent schools for girls in Stockholm. After she graduated in 1891, she studied to become a doctor at Karolinska Institutet. When she had completed her degree, she worked as an amanuensis at the gynecological department at Serafimerlasarettet. She also worked at Ersta Hospital, to which an orphanage belonged at the time.

Activism
In 1907, Nilsson took part in establishing Women's discussion club. Seven years later, in 1914, she was one of the initiators of Liberal Women together with Julia Kinberg.

Eventually, Nilsson opened her own practice on Södermalm in Stockholm. With her experience in gynecology, she mainly cared for prostitutes and other women in high-risk environments. This led to an interest in social issues and made her see the necessity of sex education.

She later moved her practice to Old Town in Stockholm. She became the publisher of the weekly magazine Tidevarvet in 1923, in which she published many articles about sex education. In the magazine, she also argued for the legalization of contraceptives, which was illegal until 1938.