Toini Mathilda Topelius (March 14, 1854

Helsinki, Finland Helsinki () is the capital and most populous city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipality, with million in the capital region and ...

– October 24, 1910 Ljan,

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) was a

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journalist and writer for young people.

Life

Her parents were writer

Zacharias Topelius Zacharias Topelius (; 14 January 181812 March 1898) was a Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history. He wrote his works exclusively in Swedish, although th ...

and Emilie Lindqvist. With her sister Eva she attended Svenska fruntimmersskolan (a school for Swedish-speaking female pupils), and then studied art in Stockholm. Topelius suffered from impaired hearing and devoted herself mainly to literary themes in her painting. She published , a Swedish children's magazine, with

Alexandra Gripenberg Alexandra Gripenberg, also known as Alexandra van Grippenberg, (1857 – 24 December 1913) was a Finnish social activist, author, editor, newspaper publisher, and elected politician, and was a leading voice within the movement for women's rights ...

in the years 1885–1892 and 1891–1892 in Alta Dahlgren. In Finnish she also published ''Waxwing magazine''. She published travel letters and served as reviewer of children's books. Her novel (1889) was first published in Finnish. She also published collections of fairy tales. In the late 1890s Topelius moved to

, where she lived for the rest of her years.

Works

* ''.'' 1889 (under the pseudonym Tea; Finnish title , Otava 1890) *, by Tea. Edlund, Helsinki 1889 *. Edlund, Helsinki 1892 (Finnish title , Otava 1893) *. Helsinki 1892 *. Bonnier, Stockholm 1897 (Finnish title , WSOY 1898) *. Bonnier, Stockholm 1900

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Topelius, Toini 1854 births 1910 deaths Writers from Helsinki People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish writers in Swedish 19th-century Finnish writers Writers from the Grand Duchy of Finland Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Norway Swedish-speaking Finns Journalists from the Russian Empire Emigrants from the Grand Duchy of Finland Finnish emigrants to Norway