Publisher, editor, writer and women's rights activist
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Carin Sophie Adlersparre née Leijonhufvud (6 July 1823 – 27 June 1895) was one of the pioneers of the 19th-century women's rights movement in Sweden. She was the founder and editor of the first women's ...
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Karin Maria Boye (listen ; 26 October 1900 – 24 April 1941) was a Swedish poet and novelist. In Sweden she is acclaimed as a poet, but internationally she is best known for the dystopian science fiction ...
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Ellenor Andrea Andreen (1888–1972) was a Swedish physician, pacifist and feminist. As a physician, she specialized in the treatment of diabetes, combining dietary restrictions with insulin. A prominent ...
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Anna Maria Roos (9 April 1862 in Stockholm, Sweden - 23 April 1938 in Bombay, India) was a Swedish educator, author, theosophist and songwriter.
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Anna Whitlock (13June 1852 – 16June 1930) was a Swedish reform pedagogue, journalist, suffragette and feminist. She was co-founder and twice chairperson of the National Association for Women's Suffrage ...
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Agda Georgina Dorothea Alexandra Montelius née Reuterskiöld (23 April 1850 in Köping – 27 October 1920) was a Swedish philanthropist and feminist. She was a leading figure of the Swedish philanthropy ...
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Elsa Beskow (née Maartman) (11February 1874 – 30June 1953) was a famous Swedish author and illustrator of children's books. Among her better known books are Tale of the Little Little Old Woman and ...
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Ellen Karolina Sofia Key (11 December 1849 – 25 April 1926) was a Swedish difference feminist writer on many subjects in the fields of family life, ethics and education and was an important figure in the ...
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Marik Vos-Lundh (3 June 1923 - 13 July 1994) was a Swedish costume designer and production designer who won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design in 1984 for Fanny and Alexander.
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Sigrid Agneta Sofia Elmblad, born Sigrid Agneta Sofia Pettersson, (28 May 1860 – 23 May 1926) was a Swedish journalist, poet, translator and writer, who translated Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of ...
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Davida Carolina Afzelius-Bohlin née Larsson (1866–1955) was a Swedish mezzo-soprano who performed in operas and concerts around the turn of the 20th-century. She appeared for the first time when she was ...
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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 ...
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Hulda Lundin (June 12, 1847, Kristianstad – March 13, 1921, Oscars Parish, Stockholm) was a Swedish tailor and educator who laid the foundation for modern sewing education. She was the founder of the ...
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Eleonara Amalia Maria Adelborg (December 6, 1849 - April 23, 1940) was a Swedish textile artist. She is best known for preserving Swedish textile art traditions. Her works include the carpet in the Birgitta ...