Gustafva Röhl (1798–1848), was a Swedish educator. She was the sister of

Maria Röhl Maria Christina Röhl (26 July 1801 – 5 July 1875) was a Swedish portrait artist. She made portraits of many of the best known people in Sweden in the first half of the 19th century. Her paintings are exhibited at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm ...

. She became a governess after the death of her parents in 1822, and managed a girls' school in Falun. Her school was widely respected; she was regarded as a progressive educator "both in regard to her knowledge as well as her view on life twenty years before her time"Heckscher, Ebba, Några drag ur den svenska flickskolans historia: under fleres medverkan samlade, Norstedt & söner, Stockholm, 1914 and published several books about education and pedagogy.

Works

* ''En liten bok för att bilda små barn i de första begreppen om hvad är rätt och orätt''. Falun 1842. 12:o. 12 s. — Uppl. 3: 1847. * ''En liten inledning till catechesen''. Falun 1842. 10:o. 20 s. Uppl. 2—4: 1844–48. * ''Första steget till Gamla Testamentets historia. Till läsning för små barn''. Falun 1842. 12:o. 28 s. * ''Första steget till Nya Testamentets historia''... Falun 1842. 12:o. 50 s.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rohl, Gustafva 1798 births 1848 deaths 19th-century Swedish educators Swedish governesses Women educational theorists 19th-century Swedish women educators