National Council of Swedish Women (Swedish: "Svenska Kvinnors Nationalförbund") is the Swedish branch of the

International Council of Women The International Council of Women (ICW) is a women's rights organization working across national boundaries for the common cause of advocating human rights for women. In March and April 1888, women leaders came together in Washington, D.C., with ...

. It was founded in 1896 by Ellen Fries to function as an

umbrella organisation An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions who work together formally to coordinate activities and/or pool resources. In business, political, and other environments, it provides resources and ofte ...

for women's organisations in Sweden and represent Sweden at the international congresses of the ICW. ;Chairperson: # 1896-1898:

Ellen Anckarsvärd Anna Lovisa Eleonora "Ellen" Anckarsvärd née ''Nyström'' (10 December 1833 – 8 December 1898), was a Swedish women's rights activist. She was the co-founder and secretary of the Married Woman's Property Rights Association (1873), co-founder a ...

# 1898-1909: Anna Hierta-Retzius # 1909-1920: Eva Upmark # 1920-1927:

Bertha Nordenson Bertha Harriet Nordenson (1857–1928) was a devoted Swedish women's rights activist and suffragist. From the late 1880s, she supported women's emancipation, becoming a member and later a board member of the Married Woman's Property Rights Associa ...

# 1927-1928: Malin Wester-Hallberg # 1929: Elisif Theel

References

NE

Dagny, nr 36, 1911

Dagny, nr 2, 1928

Dagny, nr 36, 1911

Hertha, nr 5, 1922

Historisk Tidskrift, 2007
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