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Eleonara Amalia Maria Adelborg (December 6, 1849 – April 23, 1940) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

textile artist. She is best known for preserving Swedish textile art traditions. Her works include the carpet in the Birgitta Chapel in Rome and the chasubles for the

Sofia Church Sofia Church ( sv, Sofia kyrka), named after the Swedish queen Sophia of Nassau, is one of the major churches in Stockholm, Sweden. It was designed during an architectural contest in 1899 and was inaugurated in 1906. It is located in the easte ...

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 ...

Biography

Adelborg was born in Kalskrona to and Hadvig Katarina on December 6, 1849. Between 1886 and 1899, she worked for the Swedish Art Exhibition created by

Selma Giöbel Selma Giöbel (1843–1925) was a Swedish artist. She was active as a textile designer (particularly for carpets and wall paper), sculptor and engraver, and regarded as one of the most notable Swedish textile designers of the late 19th-century. ...

and in 1900 she worked for the

Friends of Handicraft The Friends of Handicraft ( sv, Handarbetets vänner) is a Swedish association for the education, development, production and experimentation of advanced textiles and design. History The association was founded in 1874 by Sophie Adlersparre. From ...

. In 1907, she retired from HV and lived with her sisters,

Ottilia Adelborg Eva Ottilia Adelborg (6 December 1855 – 19 March 1936) was a Swedish children's book illustrator, comics artist and author and the founder of a school for lace making. A literary award, the Ottilia Adelborg Prize, was established in her honor ...

and Gertrud Adelborg in

Gagnef Gagnef () is the second largest locality situated in Gagnef Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 1,049 inhabitants in 2010. Gagnef consists of several small villages: The Church Village, Kyrkbyn, The Station Village, Stationsbyn, Moje, Moje, ...

. She was a member of the women's association

Nya Idun Nya Idun is a Swedish cultural association for women founded in 1885, originally as a female counterpart to Sällskapet Idun ('the Idun Society'). Its aim was to "gather educated women in the Stockholm area for informal gatherings". There was a ...

, joining in 1888.

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