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Honorine Hermelin (19 October 1886 – 4 September 1977) was a
She qualified as a teacher and taught for over ten years before coming to notice as the headteacher of the Fogelstad Group's school for women. Under her leadership Kvinnliga medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad was known as "Lilla Ulfåsa". It was founded in 1925 and it continued under her leadership until 1954. This led to her coming the first woman to chair a school board in 1932.
The magazine ''Tidevarvet'' was founded in 1923 (or 1924) by
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headteacher, magazine founder and feminist.
Life
Hermelin was born in Ekebyborna parish in 1886. Her mother Honorine (von Koch) died with in days. She had one sibling and she would gain seven more when her father, Joseph Hermelin, remarried.
She qualified as a teacher and taught for over ten years before coming to notice as the headteacher of the Fogelstad Group's school for women. Under her leadership Kvinnliga medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad was known as "Lilla Ulfåsa". It was founded in 1925 and it continued under her leadership until 1954. This led to her coming the first woman to chair a school board in 1932.
The magazine ''Tidevarvet'' was founded in 1923 (or 1924) by Kerstin Hesselgren
Kerstin Hesselgren (14 January 1872 – 19 August 1962) was a Swedish politician.
Hesselgren became the first woman to be elected into the Upper House of the Swedish Parliament after female suffrage was introduced in 1921. She was elected by sug ...
, Honorine Hermelin, who was an educator, Ada Nilsson, Elisabeth Tamm
Elisabeth Tamm (30 June 1880, at the manor Fogelstad in Julita, Södermanlands län – 23 September 1958) was a Swedish liberal politician and women's rights activist. She was known in the parliament as ''Tamm i Fogelstad'' ("Tamm of Fogel ...
, a political politician, and Elin Wägner
Elin Matilda Elisabet Wägner (16 May 1882 – 7 January 1949) was a Swedish writer, journalist, feminist, teacher, ecologist and pacifist. She was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1944.
Biography
Elin Wägner was born in Lund, Sweden as ...
, who was an author.
Private life
She married for eight months. In 1947, she married Vilhelm Grønbech but he died within eight months. She had a very close relationship with Ada Nilsson such that during the last year of her life Nilsson came to stay at Fogelstad with Hermelin. Nilsson died in 1964 and Hermelin died in Brännkyrka parish in 1977.Recognition
The King of Sweden awarded her theIllis quorum
''Illis quorum'' (''Illis quorum meruere labores'') ( English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It"), is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society.
The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gu ...
.
Siri Derkert created a portrait of her which is now in the Swedish National Museum.
References
Further reading
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hermelin, Honorine 1886 births 1977 deaths 20th-century Swedish educators Swedish feminists Swedish magazine founders 20th-century Swedish women politicians 20th-century Swedish politicians Recipients of the Illis quorum