Selma Ida Jacobsson (27 January 1841, in
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 ...
– 30 March 1899, in Stockholm) was a Swedish photographer.
Selma Jacobsson was born to the merchant Levi Abraham Jacobsson and Sally Pohl, the sister of the opera singer
Agnes Jacobsson and the architect
Ernst Jacobsson
Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst"
* Anton Ernst (1975-) ...
, and married the Armenian linguist
Norayr de Byzance in 1881.
She was a student of
Bertha Valerius
Aurora Valeria Albertina Valerius, known as Bertha (21 January 1824, Stockholm – 24 March 1895, Stockholm), was a Swedish photographer and painter.''Svenskt konstnärslexikon'', Part V, pg. 572, Allhems Förlag AB, 1953, Malmö.
Biography
Bert ...
. She opened her own photographic studio in Stockholm in 1872. She was a successful photographer with clients within the diplomatic corps and high society. In 1899, she was appointed "Kungl. Hoffotograf" ('Photographer of the Royal Court').
Gallery
File:Allan Abenius, HjS 1-38.JPG, Allan Abenius.
File:Zelma Lindqvist, porträtt - SMV - H9 017.tif, Zelma Lindqvist, actress.
File:Prinsessan Terese, Svenskt porträttgalleri.jpg, Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg
Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg (21 December 1836 – 9 November 1914) was a Princess of Saxe-Altenburg by birth and a Princess of Sweden and Norway as the spouse of Prince August, Duke of Dalarna. She was known in Sweden as Teresia.
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References
Tidningen IDUN, nr 30, 1899* Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013
External links
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1841 births
1899 deaths
Swedish women photographers
19th-century Swedish photographers
Swedish courtiers
Artists from Stockholm
19th-century women photographers