Aino Emma Wilhelmina Malmberg Perenius (February 24, 1865 – February 3, 1933) was a Finnish writer and politician. Malmberg was born in

Hollola Hollola () is a municipality of Finland, located in the western part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish and has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . ...

to Pastor John Perenius and Edla Olivia Björkstén. She took her matriculation examination in 1884 and graduated from the

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in 1886. Malmberg then worked as an English teacher at various schools, and from 1898 to 1908 at the Finnish Business Institute. Malmberg had to leave Finland in 1910 to England because of her participation in the fight against the Russian government. She represented the

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at the eighth congress of the

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in 1910. She returned to Finland upon the country's independence in 1917. In 1912 Malmberg wrote "Woman Suffrage in Finland". Malmberg was married from 1887 to 1910 to lecturer Emil Othniel Malmberg. They had three sons, Lauri Malmberg,

Erik Malmberg Erik Malmberg (15 March 1897 – 9 May 1964) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman events and won a bronze, a silver, and a gold medal, respectively. His younger brother Algost also took ...

and Olavi Malmberg. Malmberg died in

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Works

* ''Tien ohesta tempomia''. Otava 1901 * ''Totta ja leikkiä''. Otava 1903 * ''Yksinkö?'' Otava 1903 * ''Maailmaa kierrellessä''. Rosma, Helsinki 1922 * ''Voimakasta väkeä''. Otava 1926 * ''Voimatonta väkeä''. Otava 1927 * ''Suomi Australiassa : matkahavaintoja''. Otava 1929 * ''Johtajia''. Otava 1933

References

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Finnish writers database
1865 births 1933 deaths People from Hollola People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Independent Labour Party politicians Writers from Päijät-Häme University of Helsinki alumni Teachers of English as a second or foreign language Finnish schoolteachers {{Finland-writer-stub