| Kirsten Utheim Toverud | |
| Birth Date: | 10 January 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Veblungsnes, Norway |
| Death Place: | Iowa City |
| Nationality: | Norwegian |
| Occupation: | Pediatrician |
| Relatives: | Trygve Utheim (brother) |
Kirsten Utheim Toverud (10 January 1890 – 12 July 1949) was a Norwegian pediatrician.
Toverud was born on 10 January 1890 in Veblungsnes, to businessman Bergsvein Utheim and Anette Toenberg, and was a sister of Trygve Utheim. She married odontologist in 1922.[1]
Toverud graduated as cand.med. in 1916, and dr.med. in 1923, the third woman in Norway to graduate with a doctor degree in medicine.[2]
Her research focused on children's diseases, in particular nutritional disturbances. She was engaged in public health and social medicine. On her initiative, Norwegian Women's Public Health Association opened a station for guiding pregnant women in 1925, the first such in Norway. She chaired the Norwegian Society of Pediatricians from 1934 to 1936.[1]