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Aagesen, Astrid M. (1883 - 1965) [sv]
Aagesen, Astrid [sv]
Artist
Astrid Aagesen was one of the pioneers of modern Swedish metalwork. She had her own company in Helsingborg including her workshop and boutique. Her work in silver, tin and bronze contributed to her firm Aktiebolaget Astrid M. Aagesen’s fame far beyond the borders of Sweden.
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Margit Abenius was an eminent literary researcher and one of the most influential voices in literary criticism from the early 1930s up to her death. She was also an essayist, translator and cultural intermediary, and a member of Samfundet De Nio (the Nine Society).
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Åberg, Gurli (1843 - 1922) [no]
Ulff, Gurli
som gift med Carl Gustaf Fredrik Ulff
Actor Singer
Gurli Åberg was an actor, active during the nineteenth century. Her acting career began with portraying serious roles but her forte came to lie in performing comedy.
Inga Åberg was a singer and an actor who was active during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
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Beata Sabina Åberg became the first professional Swedish actress when she performed in 1737 at Bollhuset in Stockholm in the role of Lotta Enterfelt, in the first original Swedish play.
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Tekla Åberg was the school principal at the school she started and ran, Tekla Åbergs högre allmänna läroverk för flickor in Malmö. It was the first grammar school for girls outside Stockholm where girls could matriculate.
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Abrahamson, Euphrosyne (1836 - 1869) [sv]
Leman
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Euphrosyne Abrahamson was an internationally renowned opera singer.
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Alma Abrahamsson was the director of Förskolan för döva (the preschool for deaf children) in Gothenburg. She was also a strong advocate of Swedish Sign Language.
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Abrahamsson, Margareta (1940 - 2011) [sv]
Larsson
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Margareta Abrahamsson was an eminent ballad singer, lyricist, and a stand-up artist who was primarily active in western Sweden.
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Abram-Nilsson, Kerstin (1931 - 1998) [sv]
Abram-Nilsson Axelsson
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Kerstin Abram-Nilsson was an artist, a debater and a social activist, who primarily expressed herself through graphic arts.
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Acrel, Wilhelmina (1889 - 1975) [sv]
Larsson
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Wilhelmina Acrel was a cinema owner who was also the first female film company director and female film producer in Sweden.
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Adamsson, Karin (1883 - 1958) [sv]
Hollman
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Karin Adamsson was a pioneer within the field of sexual education. She was the only woman who was ever imprisoned for criminal offences against the stiff sexual legislation of her day. She also, along with her husband Nils Adamsson, set up a nationwide chain of health-care shops.
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Adde, Birgitta (1925 - 2015) [sv]
Lennardtsson
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Birgitta Adde was a lawyer and the first woman district court judge in Sweden as well as being the third woman judge at the Court of Appeal. She was the source of the idea that parental leave should be counted as office time in connection with promotions.
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Adelborg, Gertrud (1853 - 1942)
Adelborg, Gertrud, 1853-1942
Name form from the source The Virtual International Authority File
Navneform fra kilden The Virtual International Authority File
[Norwegian bokmål]
Namnform från källan The Virtual International Authority File
[Swedish]
Name form from the source The Virtual International Authority File
[Estonian]
?Namnform från källan The Virtual International Authority File
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Gertrud Adelborg was a suffragette who campaigned particularly for women’s rights to professional careers.
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Maria Adelborg was a textile artist and a pioneer of the Swedish handicrafts movement.
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Artist Handicraftsman artist
Amanda Adler was an entrepreneur of the early 1900s. She and her sister set up a successful manufacturing business in Karlstad which produced and sold straw- and felt-hats.
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Celia Adler was one of the leading forces of Vita Bandet (White Ribbon), a temperance organisation. She founded and successfully ran the organisation’s temperance restaurants in Gothenburg.
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Adler, Rut (1888 - 1969) [sv]
Hallenborg
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Rut Adler was a feminist and an activist, notably in the refugee and peace movements during the greater part of the 1900s.
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