title: Sofie Schjøtt
text: # Sofie Schjøtt
  
  Sofie Schjøtt (11 August 1871 – 20 January 1950) was a Norwegian jurist.
  
  ## Early life
  
  She was born in Aker to Peter Olrog Schjøtt and Mathilde Dunker. She was a granddaughter of Bernhard Dunker, and a great-granddaughter of Conradine Birgitte Dunker.
  
  ## Career
  
  Schjøtt was among the first female jurists in Norway. She had a long career in the Ministry of Defence, and was later a judge in Oslo.
  
  