Agnes Nyblin née Janson (25 January 1869 – 20 August 1945) was a Norwegian photographer. She started a photography business in Bergen with her husband but he died in 1894. She ran the business until 1911.

Life

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in 1897. The photograph shown was taken at a music festival in 1898 and it records a meeting of many of Denmark's leading composers and musicians. Nybin retired in 1911. The business continued in the care of her younger brother, Helmich Janson, until four years after her death which was in 1945.Agnes Nyblin
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References

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