Selma Ida Jacobsson (27 January 1841, in Stockholm – 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 Ber ...

. 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

References

Tidningen IDUN, nr 30, 1899
* Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobsson, Selma 1841 births 1899 deaths Swedish women photographers 19th-century Swedish photographers Swedish courtiers Artists from Stockholm 19th-century women photographers