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Åkesson, Karolina (1837 - 1890) [sv]
Blomström
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Karolina Åkesson was a pioneer in the Scanian workers’ movement.
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Sonja Åkesson was the most prominent Swedish poet of the 1960s, leading in the innovative use of vernacular language in poetry. She enjoyed a twenty-year span of publication, from her debut in 1957 until the posthumous release of *Hästens öga* in 1977. During this period she published twelve collections of poetry, a novel, a collection of short stories, a children’s book, a collection of songs and about ten plays.
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Alandh, Lissi (1930 - 2008) [sv]
Holmqvist
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Lissi Alandh was an eminent actress in the mid-twentieth century who mainly worked with variety shows and cabaret. She also acted in about 60 films, recorded albums and performed on the radio and on TV.
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Elsie Albiin was a popular actress and film star in the mid-1900s.
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Mabel Albins was one of the first professional singers in Sweden to introduce jazz influences into her singing.
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Inga Ålenius was a much-loved Swedish actor who studied her craft at Stadsteatern in Norrköping-Linköping (now Östgötateatern). She was best-known by the general public for the many supporting roles she played – maids, home-help, mothers, neighbours. These roles helped strengthen the realism and everyday element of popular TV-series such as *Hem till byn*, *Raskens*, and *Mor gifter sig*.
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Alexanderson, Eva (1911 - 1994) [sv]
Alexanderson-Lundström
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Eva Alexanderson was an author and a translator. She wrote the first autobiographical novel in Swedish literature to portray a sexual relationship between two women.
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Vera Alexandrova was an influential Russian-born dance instructor in Stockholm. She taught many people who later became prominent dancers, choreographers, and actors. She was also a much-treasured writer of fiction.
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Alexius, Birgitta (1939 - 2015) [sv]
Boalt
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Birgitta Alexius was a psychiatrist and researcher with broad qualifications. She was also an author and a politician.
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Harriet Alfons, née Josephson, was a publisher and translator during the second half of the twentieth century.
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Alfvén Eriksson, Anne-Marie (1913 - 2009) [sv]
Mika
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Anne-Marie Alfvén Eriksson was a pioneer of Swedish prison library facilities.
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Alin-Bosson, Anna (1883 - 1962) [sv]
Alin
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Anna Alin-Bosson was an elementary schoolteacher, a folk high school teacher and a music teacher. She was the assistant principal at Tärna folk high school for more than three decades, responsible for women’s courses. She was also the principal for the rural domestic science college at Tärna.
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Alin, Karin (1892 - 1974) [sv]
Ahlin
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Karin Alin was one of the most prominent Swedish translators of Italian, Spanish and French works during the 1900s.
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Alix de la Faye, Julie (1748 - 1826) [sv]
Bournonville
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Julie Alix de la Faye was a dancer, for instance with the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
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Annastina Alkman was an expansive journalist who was an active member of the women’s movement.
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Alkman, Elsa (1878 - 1975) [sv]
Ahlström
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Elsa Alkman was an artist, author, composer and violinist who was also very engaged in the community. She participated actively in the issue of women’s suffrage.
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Gunhild Almén was a teacher and principal of Brummerska skolan in Stockholm. She was also an expert who served on educational enquiries.
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Ina Almén was a successful director of the consumer association Kvinnornas Andelsförening Svenska Hem.
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Almén, Ruth (1870 - 1945) [sv]
Runar Alm
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Ruth Almén was a music teacher, a composer, and a writer.
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Almquist, Sofi (1844 - 1926) [sv]
Hultén
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Sofi Almquist was a teacher, a textbook author, an educational reformer and a school founder. In 1892 she founded Sofi Almquist’s co-educational school in Stockholm.
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