Margaretha (Greta) Zetterberg (1733 – 1803) was a Finnish textile and handcrafts worker. She is regarded as a pioneer within the linen industry in

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. She was the first female in Finland to be given a financed study trip abroad by the authorities: she was sent to

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

to study the textile industry, and brought with her the latest technique, especially within the linen industry, to

Borgå Porvoo (; sv, Borgå ; la, Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about east of the city border of Helsinki and about from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval to ...

in Finland, where she was active.

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Suomen kansallisbiografia (Finlands nationalbiografi)

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* Vainio-Korhonen, Kirsi: ''Suomen herttuattaren arvoitus. Suomalaisia naiskohtaloita 1700-luvulta''. Edita Publishing Oy, Helsinki, 2009, {{DEFAULTSORT:Zetterberg, Margaretha Finnish weavers 1733 births 1803 deaths Linen industry 18th-century Finnish educators 18th-century Finnish women artists 18th-century women textile artists 18th-century textile artists

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