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Sigrid Leijonhufvud
Sigrid Amalia Leijonhufvud (5 July 1862 – 14 November 1937) was a Swedish author, historian, and feminist, who is best known for authoring biographies of historical women. She was granted membership in the Samfundet De Nio (The Nine Society) and was awarded the Swedish royal medal Litteris et Artibus in recognition of her writing career. Early life Sigrid Leijonhufvud was born on 5 July 1862 in Stockholm, Sweden. Born into an aristocratic family, she was one of the nine children to Countess Ebba Ulrika Sparre and Count Axel Hjalmar Leijonhufvud. Her father also served as a colonel and royal chamberlain. As many other children of the upper class, she was educated privately at home. In 1883, she received her school-leaving certificate at the Lyceum Girls' School in Stockholm. Her father did not want Leijonhufvud to continue education. Her aunt, Sophie Adlersparre (née Leijonhufvud) (1823–1895), was a leading women's rights activist and founder of the Fredrika Bremer A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feminism In Sweden
Feminism in Sweden is a significant social and political influence within Swedish society."The Swedish General Election 2014 and the Representation of Women" Northern Ireland Assembly, Research and Information Service Research Paper, 1 October 2014, p. 1. Swedish political parties across the political spectrum commit to gender-based policies in their public . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 also an early 20th-century women's journal of the same name. Activity Nya Idun was founded on 7 February 1885 in the premises of the at Jakobsbergsgatan 11 in Stockholm. Its founders were Calla Curman, Hanna Winge, Ellen Fries, Ellen Key and Amelie Wikström. The first fifteen women elected to the association's committee were Alfhild Agrell, Lilly Engström, Selma Giöbel, Therese Gyldén, Anna Höjer, Amanda Kerfstedt, Anne Charlotte Leffler, Hulda Lundin, Agda Montelius, Anna Munthe-Norstedt, Mathilda Roos, Anna Sandström, Hilma Svedbom, Anna Whitlock, and Coraly Zethræus. The association's model was Sällskapet Idun in Stockholm, founded in 1862, which, according to its statutes, was for "men living in Stockholm who have the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigrid Blomberg
Emma Emilia Sigrid Charlotte Blomberg (1863–1941) was a Swedish sculptor who focused on religious art. One of her most notable creations is ''Bebådelsen'' (The Annunciation, 1900), a marble statue depicting the Virgin Mary on her knees in prayer, her head turned upwards. It was the first sculpture by a woman to be acquired by the Swedish National Museum. After carving the wooden ''Madonna del Fuoco'' (Madonna of the Fire) in 1912, she had to abandon sculpture as a result of poor sight. Thereafter she made a living as a bookbinder. Biography Born on 17 October 1863 in Fliseryd, Småland, Emma Emilia Sigrid Charlotte Blomberg was the daughter of the farmer Johan Alfred Blomberg (1828–1894) and Charlotta Eleonora née Lundqvist (1829–1895). Raised with her five siblings on her father's farm, she attended the Nisbeth Girls' School in Kalmar. Intending to become a carpenter, in 1888 she attended the Technical School in Stockholm. Suddenly discovering the possibilities of sculpt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
