Eva Dickson

Eva Dickson, Baroness Blixen-Finecke
Dickson in 1933
Born
Eva Lindström

(1905-03-08)8 March 1905
DiedMarch 1938
Baghdad, Iraq
NationalitySwedish
Known forFirst woman to cross the Sahara desert by car
Spouses
Olof Dickson
(m. 1925; div. 1932)
(m. 1936)

Eva Dickson (born Eva Lindström; 8 March 1905 – March 1938) was a Swedish explorer, rally driver, aviator and travel writer. She was the first woman to have crossed the Sahara desert by car. She was perhaps the first female rally driver in Sweden (1925), and the third Swedish female aviator (1923).


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