Caroline Becker (1826–1881) was the first professional female photographer in Finland.Valokuvan taide : suomalainen valokuva 1842-1992 / /toim. / Jukka Kukkonen, Tuomo-Juhani Vuorenmaa, Jorma Hinkka. - Hki : Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura, 1992, s. 362-364. - (Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seuran toimituksia, ISSN 0355-1768 ; 559) As a widow, she managed the former studio of her brother in

Vyborg Vyborg (; rus, Вы́борг, links=1, r=Výborg, p=ˈvɨbərk; fi, Viipuri ; sv, Viborg ; german: Wiborg ) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus ne ...

between 1859 and 1862. She also managed a toy-shop. Becker was the first professional female photographer in Finland: Hedvig Keppler (1831–1882) became the second in

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

later that same year, followed by four other women photographers with shortlived careers before

Julia Widgrén Julia Widgrén (1842–1917) was a Finnish photographer. She was one of the first professional female photographers in Finland.Valokuvan taide : suomalainen valokuva 1842-1992 / /toim. / Jukka Kukkonen, Tuomo-Juhani Vuorenmaa, Jorma Hinkka. - Hki ...

became the first celebrity female photographer in Finland in the late 1860s.

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