Agnes von Konow (5 March 1868 - 15 May 1944), was a Finnish activist for the protection of animals. She was the founder of the Finnish society for the protection of animals,

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, and a pioneer within the animal protection movement in Finland.Suomen kansallisbiografia (National Biography of Finland)

Life

Agnes von Konow was born to the official noble Oskar Wilhelm von Konow and Amalia Sofia Malmström. She studied at the ''

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'' and the Jyväskylä seminary and became a school teacher in Helsinki in 1895. In 1901, she founded the

; in 1918-23 she served in the '' Suomen Punaisen Tähden'' and in 1918-24 in the '' Suomen Yhtyneiden''; she was the secretary of the '' Sylvia-yhdistyksen'' from 1909, and from 1928 to her death chairperson of the Animal Protection Society.

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kansallisbiografia Suomen kansallisbiografia (National Biography of Finland)
1868 births 1944 deaths 19th-century Finnish nobility 19th-century Finnish women Place of birth missing Animal welfare workers 20th-century Finnish nobility 20th-century Finnish women People from the Grand Duchy of Finland {{Finland-bio-stub