Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen

Birthday: July 17th, 1917 Date of Death: June 12th, 2012 Place of Birth: Gråsten, Denmark

Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen (née Nielsen), often referred to as the "Grande Dame of German Psychoanalysis", was a German psychoanalyst who focused mainly on the themes of feminism, female sexuality, and the national psychology of post-war Germany. In 1960, she co-founded the Sigmund Freud Institute with husband Alexander Mitscherlich.