''Josefina'' Leontina Amanda Wettergrund, née ''Lundberg''

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''Lea'' (2 September 1830, in

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– 8 March 1903, in

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), was a Swedish writer and poet. She was the editor of the family magazine ''Svalan'' in 1871–75.

Life

She was born to the

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official Carl Gustaf Kjellberg and Ulrika Lundberg. She was active as a

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and managed a girl school in

in 1850–1857 before she married the

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Wilhelm Wettergrund and moved to

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. From 1866, she lived in Stockholm. She debuted as a published poet in 1858, and continued to contribute to various magazines and papers. In 1871–75, she edited the weekly family magazine ''Svalan'', where

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debuted as a novelist. She was a well known and popular writer in contemporary

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, and admired particularly for her ability to depict the defects of human character with humor.

Works

* Småbitar på vers och prosa. Stockholm: Brudin. 1858–1869. * Tant Fridas minnesblad: novell. Stockholm: Flodin. 1866. Libris 1585942 * Blommor för dagen: tre berättelser. Stockholm: Flodin. 1868. Libris 1585941 * En trip till Bleking. 1872. Libris 10051341 * Logogryfer, äldre och nyare. Stockholm: Bonnier. 1879. Libris 1601571 * Ett fågelpar: berättelse. Öreskrifter för folket, 99-1474700-0 ; 115. Stockholm: Bonnier. 1882. Libris 1601991 – Med tre illustrationer av Victor Andrén. * Sven Vandring: berättelse. Öreskrifter för folket, 99-1474700-0 ; 121. Stockholm: Bonnier. 1882. Libris 8835304 – Med trenne teckningar av C.G. Hellqvist * ”Ett par Ronnebybilder: 1 från "Lycksalighetens ö" : 2 Karön”. Svea : folk-kalender "1884,": sid. 53164. 1883. Libris 10649515 * Småherrskap: verklighetsbilder i fotografi från barnens krets. Stockholm: Bonnier. 1884. Libris 1601572 * Små bref till under- och öfverklassfolk från bror och syster. Linköping: Sahlström. 1890. Libris 1621683 – Medförfattare: Isidor Kjellberg.

Sources

* Schöldström, Birger (1903). ”Josephine Wettergrund (Lea) ekrolog. Svea Folk-kalender (1904): sid. 229–236. Libris 2105141 * Josefina Wettergrund, författarpresentation i Projekt Runeberg * Bäckström, Maud, "Vår första kvinnliga redaktör Josefina Wettergrund". Ingår i: Vitterhetsnöjen: läsning för humanister och andra : till Magnus von * * Platen den 1 maj 1980. Umeå: Univ. 1980. Libris 7615327. * Heggestad, Eva (1991). Fången och fri: 1880-talets svenska kvinnliga författare om hemmet, yrkeslivet och konstnärskapet = aptive and free: wedish women writers of the 1880s on the home, working life, and artistry Skrifter utgivna av Avdelningen för litteratursociologi vid Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen i Uppsala, 0349-1145 ; 27. Uppsala: Avd. för litteratursociologi vid Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen, Univ. Libris 7746142. * Ryberg, Inga (1996). ”Josephine Wettergrund – "Lea" – människa och skriftställarinna.”. Carlshamniana (Karlshamn : Föreningen Karlshamns museum, 1986–) "1996 (11),": sid. 39–100 : ill. ISSN 0283-7862. ISSN 0283-7862 ISSN 0283-7862. Libris 2271667 * Schaffer, Ingrid (1999). "Jag är endast en sparf, som sitter i takrännan och qvittrar": Josefina Wettergrund skriver för den läsande familjen. Stockholm: * Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen, univ. Libris 2879697

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