Elin Margareta "Meta" Torvalds (née Gyllenberg; 14 January 1922-10 February 2012) was a Finnish journalist.

Biography

Torvalds started as a journalist in 1946 at Österbottningen, and then she moved to

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in 1948. She worked at Åbo Underrättelser for almost 40 years, until 1985, and from 1971 to 1977, she was the editor-in-chief of the magazine. She often addressed ecclesiastical issues in her editorials and was a strong advocate of the female priesthood. Torvalds was awarded the Church Communication Prize for her work as a journalist in 1983. She was also inaugurated as an honorary doctor of

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in 2002. Torvalds wrote the books ''Frisk Sydväst: med åboländsk ungdom genom 60 år'' (1957), Lämlar (1998), the 175-year history of Åbo Underrättelser, and ''Åboarna, hemstadsbok om det svenska Åbo'' (2002).

Personal life and death

Torvalds had been married to writer Ole Torvalds from 1948 until his death. From this marriage, she had two daughters. Torvalds died in

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

after a brief illness on 10 February 2012.

References

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