Anna Ehrenström, née Gråberg (13 May 1786 – 1857), was a

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. She was the daughter of the Lawspeaker Christian Gråberg of

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and Catharina Magdalena Tofftén,Anna Ehrenström i Wilhelmina Stålberg, Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor (1864) and the sister of the diplomat Jacob Gråberg, ennobled Italian count and member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Science and Literature. In 1812, she married the major Nils Ludvig Ehrenström. She was divorced in 1832 after adultery on her part, and was forced to leave her former spouse all her property in the divorce settlement to be free of the marriage. After the divorce, she lived in Stockholm, where she supported herself and her daughter by selling books. She was a known profile in Stockholm literary life in the 1830s-and 1850s, and has been referred to as the first female poet of

. She dictated some folk songs for

Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius (1818–1889) was a Swedish scholar of cultural history, librarian, theatre director, and diplomat. Gunnar was the son of a clergyman from Vislanda, Småland, and the brother of the chemist Carl Erengisle Hyltén-C ...

. She died after a risky operation.

Works

* ''Skaldeförsök'' (1838) * ''Skaldeförsök'' (1823) * ''Hundarnes klagosång'' (1852)

References

Sources

* Anna Ehrenström i Wilhelmina Stålberg, Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor (1864) * Emma Eriksson & Christina Henriksson: Spegel, spegel på väggen där" (2005)

External links

* http://mainweb.hgo.se/Bibliotek/almedalen.nsf/d58a35499d98cdbdc1256df100359b6b/1df9290e4df12e74c12574eb00353322!OpenDocument 1786 births 1857 deaths 19th-century Swedish women writers 19th-century Swedish writers Swedish women poets {{Sweden-poet-stub