Nanna Storjohann (n̩e Nanna Holmboe; 28 August 1838 Р28 May 1898) was a Norwegian proponent for
public morals.
She was born in
Bergen to rector
Hans Holmboe
Hans Holmboe (8 October 1798 – 23 May 1868) was a Norwegian educator and politician.
Personal life
He was born in Trondenes as the son of bailiff Jens Holmboe (1752–1804) and his wife Anna Margrethe Irgens (1766–1851). He had several broth ...
and Valgjerd Endriette Løberg. She married prison and seamen's priest and headmaster
Johan Storjohann in 1862, and was the mother of
Marie Michelet
Marie Elisabeth Michelet, née Storjohann (10 March 1866 – 3 April 1951) was a Norwegian writer and housewives' leader.
Personal life
She was born in Bergen as a daughter of priest Johan Cordt Harmens Storjohann (1832–1914) and Nanna Storjo ...
. The couple spent four years at the Norwegian seamen's mission station in
London from 1868, and thereafter settled in
Christiania, Norway. Nanna Storjohann was engaged in social work, such as visiting and follow-up of female prisoners. She is regarded among the pioneer proponents for public morality in Kristiania. She died in Kristiania in 1898. In 1912 the women's
dosshouse
A flophouse (American English) or dosshouse (British English) is a place that offers very low-cost lodging, providing space to sleep and minimal amenities.
Characteristics
Historically, flophouses, or British "doss-houses", have been used for ...
"Nanna Storjohanns Minde" was established in Kristiania by her successor
Ólafia Jóhannsdóttir.
References
1838 births
1898 deaths
People from Bergen
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