Ada Nilsson
Ada Konstantia Nilsson (September 21, 1872 – May 23, 1964) was an early Swedish woman medical doctor. She was one of the founders of the campaigning magazine Tidevarvet in 1923.
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| Born | September 21, 1872 Södra Säms |
| Died | May 23, 1964 Julita |
| Nationality | Swedish |
Biography
Nilsson was born in Södra Säms in 1872. She was brought up in a farmhouse. Her father who helped to run the cottage textile workers died when she was thirteen and she went to live in Stockholm.[1] In 1891 she was one of the first women to take medical training, initially in Uppsala and mainly in Stockholm. She met Lydia Wahlström and Alma Sundquist who were pioneers, too.[1]
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Nilsson and Julia Kinberg, another physician, founded a feminist organizetion, Frisinnade Kvinnor, in 1914.[2] She was a member of the Liberal Women's National Association.[3]
The magazine Tidevarvet was founded in 1923[4][5] by Kerstin Hesselgren, Honorine Hermelin, who was an educator, Ada Nilsson, Elisabeth Tamm, a liberal politician, and Elin Wägner, who was an author.[6][7] The founders who had a liberal political stance[7] were known as the Fogelstad group. Nilsson was one of the principal funders of the project and became editor-in-chief with her new friend Elin Wägner as its first editor. The magazine was to publish until 1936 and for three years (1925-28) the magazine ran a free consultancy but it was difficult to fund.[1]
Death and private life
Nilsson had a very close relationship with Honorine Hermelin. During the last year of her life Nilsson went to stay at Fogelstad with Hermelin.[8] Nilsson died in Julita. She was near blind and poor. She was buried in a cemetery near her birthplace.[1] Her life is one of those celebrated in Stockholm's Östermalmstorg metro station by Siri Derkert.[1]
References
- "skbl.se - Ada Konstantia Nilsson". skbl.se. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- Merle Weßel (2018). An Unholy Union?: Eugenic Feminism in the Nordic Countries, ca. 1890-1940 (PhD thesis). University of Helsinki. pp. 37–38. hdl:10138/233107.
- Karl Erik Gustafsson; Per Rydén (2010). A History of the Press in Sweden (PDF). Gothenburg: Nordicom. ISBN 978-91-86523-08-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2015.
- "Tidevarvet 1923". Göteborgs Universitetsbibliotek. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- "Tidevarvet cover page" (PDF). Tidevarvet. 24 November 1923. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- Lene Buchert. "Hesselgren, Kerstin (1872-1964)". Performance Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- "Tidevarvsgruppen (The Age Group), Fogelstad-gruppen (The Fogelstad Group) and the newspaper Tidevarvet (The Age.)". Hjördis Levin's homepage. Archived from the original on 28 August 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- "skbl.se - Honorine Louise Hermelin". www.skbl.se. Retrieved 28 November 2020.