Evelina Fahnehjelm

Evelina Fahnehjelm
Evelina Fahnehjelm
Born
Evelina Wilhelmina Fahnehjelm

(1839-04-25)25 April 1839
Died23 September 1898(1898-09-23) (aged 59)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationEducator

Evelina Wilhelmina Fahnehjelm (25 April 1838 – 23 September 1898) was a Swedish educator. She served as the principal of the Wallinska skolan, one of the first schools in Sweden to offer academic secondary education to females, and was credited in introducing progressive reforms to the school education. She was awarded the Swedish royal medal Illis quorum, for her significant contributions in the field of female education.