Anna Lindhagen (7 April 1870 in

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– 15 May 1941 in Stockholm) was a Swedish politician (

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), social reformer and women's rights activist. In collaboration with Anna Åbergsson, she was a leading force in the introduction of allotment in

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. She was one of the driving forces behind the foundation of the National Association for Women's Suffrage. Lindhagen was a member of the Stockholm City Council in 1911–1923.

Life

Anna Lindhagen was the daughter of Albert Lindhagen and the sister of

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and

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. She was a licensed nurse and an activist within the

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: from 1902 until 1925, she worked as a child care inspector for the Stockholm Poor care. In 1902, Lindhagen was one of the leading figures who called for the formation of a women's organisation for women suffrage, which was founded as the Swedish Society for Woman Suffrage. With her combined membership in the upper-classes and her social democratic and radically socialistic views, she functioned as a uniting force between right wing and left wing women within the suffrage union. From 1911 until 1916, she was the editor of ''

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'', the paper on the social democratic women. In 1906, Anna Lindberg and Anna Åbergsson founded the Föreningen koloniträdgårdar i Stockholm (The Society of the Stockholm Allotment), the first allotment society in Stockholm. Anna Lindhagen skulptur

Legacy

At Fjällgatan in Stockholm, there is a museum called Borgarrummen (The Bourgeoisie Rooms) depicting a merchant class home from the mid-19th century, furnished by Anna Lindhagen and where she herself lived prior to her death. Close by, there is a small park,

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, named after her. At Fjällagatan not long from there, there is also a sculpture of Anna Lindhagen.

Sources

*Ur Stockholmsliv II, Staffan Tjerneld, 1950 *CD:n Söder i våra hjärtan, Topsy Bondesson *Barbro Hedvall (2011). Susanna Eriksson Lundqvist. red. Vår rättmätiga plats. Om kvinnornas kamp för rösträtt.. Förlag Bonnier.

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