Maria Schandorff
Maria Schandorff was a Norwegian philanthropist and social educator.
She was the daughter of the merchant Jens Constantin Lasson and Margrethe Elisabeth Schaar and married the official Jacob Christlieb Schandorff in 1816. In 1827, she founded Eugenia Stiftelse in Oslo, a strictly religious charity institution for female orphans, which was named after Queen Desideria of Norway and Sweden, who became the protector of the establishment. The Eugenia Stiftelse orphanage lasted until 1913 and was long traditionally supported by the royal house.
