Frigga Carlberg, née Anna Fredrika Lundgren (10 August 1851 – 3 October 1925), was a Swedish writer,

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er, 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.

Biography

Frigga Carlberg was born in the parish of Falkenberg in

Halland County Halland County ( sv, Hallands län, link=no, ) is a county ('' län'') on the western coast of Sweden. It corresponds roughly to the cultural and historical province of Halland. The capital is Halmstad. It borders the counties of Västra G� ...

, Sweden. She was born into a wealthy family but had great difficulty to persuade her father to allow her to study. She moved to Gothenburg after her marriage to the post official Andreas Carlberg (1850–1921) in 1876. Carlberg engaged in women's issues and social work from her arrival in Gothenburg, and became an important member of the

Gothenburg's Women's Association Gothenburg Women's Association ( sv, Göteborgs Kvinnoförening) was the first women's organisation active in Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city. It was active from 1884 to 1891. It published the radical magazine ''Framåt'' (Forward). Göte ...

(), which was founded in 1884 as the first women's association in Gothenburg. She founded , an organisation who provided homes for healthy children to parents infected with tuberculosis, chaired an organisation for female social workers and became a member of the Swedish Poor care association.

Suffrage work

Carlberg became the central figure within social and politically interested women's circles in Gothenburg, and when the Swedish Society for Woman Suffrage was founded in 1902, she took the initiative for the establishment of the Gothenburg section and was elected as its chairman for its entire duration. She was well informed about in particular the British and American suffrage movement, and once invited English suffragette

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(1882–1960) for a lecture. She also represented Sweden at several international conferences of women suffrage: first as a member of the Swedish Society for Woman Suffrage, and the last time, in Rome in 1923, as the representative of the Swedish government.

Writer

As an author of novels and plays, she described both women's issues and the living conditions of the poor, which influenced policy. Her novel (1918), alongside the novel (1910) by

Elin Wägner Elin Matilda Elisabet Wägner (16 May 1882 – 7 January 1949) was a Swedish writer, journalist, feminist, teacher, ecologist and pacifist. She was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1944. Biography Elin Wägner was born in Lund, Sweden as t ...

(1882–1949), is considered one of the more notable novel of the Swedish suffrage movement ().

Awards

Carlberg was awarded the

Illis quorum ''Illis quorum'' (''Illis quorum meruere labores'') ( English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It"), is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society. The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gu ...

in 1921.

References

Other sources

''Svenska män och kvinnor: biografisk uppslagsbok''
(Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag. 1944)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlberg, Frigga 1851 births 1925 deaths People from Halland Swedish suffragists Swedish feminists Swedish women novelists 19th-century Swedish dramatists and playwrights Swedish women dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Swedish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Swedish novelists 20th-century Swedish novelists Recipients of the Illis quorum