Alfhild Teresia Agrell was a Swedish writer and playwright. She is known for her works on sexual equality in opposition to the contemporary sexual double standard, and as such a participator in the famous Sedlighetsdebatten.
Maria Christina Röhl was a Swedish portrait artist. She made portraits of many of the best known people in Sweden in the first half of the 19th century. Her paintings are exhibited at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. The Swedish Royal library has a collection of 1800 portraits by her. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (1843) and an official portrait artist of the royal court.
Fredrika Stenhammar was a Swedish opera singer (soprano).
Inger Berggren was a Swedish singer. Her biggest hits were "Sol och vår" and "Elisabeth serenad", both in 1962.
Anna Whitlock was a Swedish reform pedagogue, journalist, suffragette and feminist. She was co-founder and twice chairperson of the National Association for Women's Suffrage. She was also the co-founder of the women's cooperative food association Kvinnornas Andelsförening Svenska Hem.
Lydia Katarina Wahlström was a Swedish historian, author and feminist. She was one of the founders of the National Association for Women's Suffrage and its chairman in 1909–1911.
Anna Fredrika "Frigga" Carlberg, née Anna Fredrika Lundgren, was a Swedish writer, social worker, feminist and advocate for women's suffrage. She was a member of the central committee of the National Association for Women's Suffrage from 1903 to 1921 and chair of the Gothenburg branch of the Swedish Society for Woman Suffrage from 1902 to 1921.
Gertrud Virginia Adelborg was a Swedish teacher, feminist and leading member of the women's rights movement.
Emilie Charlotta Risberg was a Swedish writer and reform pedagogue. She founded the Risbergska skolan in Örebro, and served as its principal in 1863-1878. Emilie Risberg is regarded as an important member of the pioneers of girl's education in the mid 19th century Sweden, who reformed the education of girls by establishing girls' schools which offered proper academic education for females, in contrast to the earlier girl's pensions shallow education.
Gulli Charlotta Petrini was a Swedish Physicist, writer, suffragette, women's rights activist and politician. She was the chairperson of the local branch of the National Association for Women's Suffrage in Växjö 1903–1914 and Stockholm 1914–1921, and sat in the city council for the liberals in Växjö in 1910–1914.
Karin Ekelund was a Swedish actress. She appeared in 29 films between 1933 and 1976. She was the first female radio producer in Sweden, producing, and later directing, for Sveriges Radio's Radio Theatre. She performed in mainly comedic films, although she did have a few serious roles to her name. She was one of the most famous actresses of her time and often drew large crowds of fans.
Eva Johanna Andén was a Swedish lawyer. She became the first woman member of the Swedish Bar Association on 14 March 1918.
Cecilia Ulvsdotter, was a Swedish noblewoman.
Ingrid Hanna Margareta Persson (1912–2000) was a Swedish priest. On Palm Sunday, 10 April 1960, she became one of the first three female priests in Sweden when she was ordained by Bishop Ruben Josefson in Härnösand Cathedral. The same day Margit Sahlin and Elisabeth Djurle were ordained in Stockholm.
Selma Giöbel (1843–1925) was a Swedish artist. She was active as a textile designer, sculptor and engraver, and regarded as one of the most notable Swedish textile designers of the late 19th century. She was a member of the Friends of Handicraft and co-founded the art firm Svensk Konstslöjdsutställning with Berta Hübner and was its managing director in 1885–1898. She successfully participated in several international art exhibitions.
Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (SKBL), known in English as Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women, is a Swedish biographical dictionary of Swedish women. It was started in 2018 when 1,000 articles about Swedish women were published in Swedish and English and a further 1,000 articles were published in 2020. This activity has been financed by Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation.
Elsa Andrea Elisabeth Björkman-Goldschmidt (1888–1982) was a Swedish artist and writer who was active in Sweden and Austria. After attending Stockholm's Art Academy, she worked as an engraver and etcher. In 1916, while assisting the Red Cross in Russia, she met her future husband, the Austrian surgeon Waldemar Goldschmidt. They married in Vienna where she was involved with Save the Children and started working as a correspondent for the Swedish press. In 1938, anti-Semitism forced the couple to move to Sweden where she published a number of books about her life in Vienna.
Evelina Wilhelmina Fahnehjelm was a Swedish educator. She served as the principal of the Wallinska skolan, one of the first schools in Sweden to offer academic secondary education to females, and was credited in introducing progressive reforms to the school education. She was awarded the Swedish royal medal Illis quorum, for her significant contributions in the field of female education.
Herta Elisabet Svensson (1886–1981) was a Swedish educator, social worker, and personnel consultant. She was an important figure in the history of social work and settlement movement in Sweden, and was part of the initiative that established the country's first settlement house Birkagården in 1912. In 1921, she became the first person in Sweden to hold the title "personnel consultant". While working for the Svenska tobaksmonopolet, she actively volunteered to uplift the living conditions of workers and established a convalescent home in Värmland.
Hildur Annie Beatrice Lesslie née Kylander (1890–1967) was a Swedish businesswoman in the clothing industry who, after her husband's death in 1936, managed the Gothenburg clothing firm Konfektions AB Lesslie until 1962 when her son took over. She successfully increased the firm's profitability, employing up to 350 workers and producing ready-to-wear women's coats, suits and furs. Beatrice Lesslie is also remembered for supporting Finnish refugees in the Second World War and for more generally helping Finland during the Finnish Winter War.
