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policy measures had also been taking place in social democratic-gov- erned Sweden since the 1920s. This led in 1934 and 1941 to the passing of laws for (compulsory) sterilisation for various indications. 31 On the basis of photo albums for the exhibition “Healthy Woman – Healthy People ( Volk )”, and of a personal viewing of the “Miracle of Life” show, the Swedish delegate in Dresden responsible for the ex- hibition selected the exhibition objects and panels. The central object was to be the Transparent Man, which, however, due to the narrow- ly scheduled exhibition planning of the DHMD, could only be seen at the first stop of the travelling exhibition in Stockholm and subse- quently returned to Dresden. Instead, the Transparent Pregnant Woman was brought to Sweden for the subsequent stations. The Transparent Pregnant Woman was apparently presented standing on an expansive pedestal close to the exhibition section on impregnation and embryo development as of August 1936. The figure was designed as a healthy and graceful woman, whose posture clear- ly differed from that of the Transparent Men: instead of in the orans posture, the figure stood with lowered arms in contrapposto and with the head facing forward. The hair and face were elaborated in more detail. The transparent skin allowed a view of the position and exten- sion of the uterus, as well as of the anatomy of the mammary glands. The internal organs could be illuminated. 32 However, the foetus in the uterus, in contrast with other representations of pregnant bodies (also in the exhibition itself), appears to have been only slightly visible to visitors. The focus of the model was thus completely on the pregnant woman. In contrast, the apparently rather technical and reduced exhibition panels were oriented to conveying anatomical-physiological knowl- Fig. 13 The pregnant Transparent Woman in the travelling exhibition “Mor och Barn” in Sweden, photograph, 1936 45