page_title: Martha Wærn
hierarchical_section_title: Martha Wærn
caption_attribution_description: English: Martha Wærn, Norwegian-Danish pgilantrophist
context_page_description: Martha Wærn née Haslef, also Værn, was a wealthy Norwegian-Danish philanthropist who was raised in Christiania, today's Oslo. On her death, in accordance with her will, substantial funding was left for the establishment of a boarding school where fatherless middle-class Norwegian and Danish girls could be trained to become good housewives. Known as Det Wærnske Institut, the school opened in 1814 on Allégade in Copenhagen.
context_section_description: Martha Wærn née Haslef, also Værn, (22 April 1741 – 27 January 1812) was a wealthy Norwegian-Danish philanthropist who was raised in Christiania, today's Oslo. On her death, in accordance with her will, substantial funding was left for the establishment of a boarding school where fatherless middle-class Norwegian and Danish girls could be trained to become good housewives. Known as Det Wærnske Institut, the school opened in 1814 on Allégade in Copenhagen.
caption: Martha Wærn  by C. A. Lorentzen (1804)
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