Elisabeth Beskow | |
|---|---|
 Elisabeth Beskow | |
| Born | Elisabeth Maria Beskow 19 November 1870 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 17 October 1928 (aged 57)[1] Åre, Jämtland |
| Pen name | Runa |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | Swedish |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Relatives | Natanael Beskow (cousin) Elsa Beskow (cousin's wife) |
Elisabeth Maria Beskow (19 November 1870 – 17 October 1928) was a Swedish writer. Born in Stockholm, Sweden she went to the Beskow School and later studied at the Sabbatsberg Hospital as well as the Sophiahemmet. She wrote about fifty books under the pseudonym Runa. A number of her books are translated into Danish, Finnish, French, English, German and Dutch.[2]
In her books she discussed the equal rights of men and women and spoke against animal testing and for vegetarianism.
- ^ Sveriges Dödbok 1901–2009 (DVD-ROM, 5 ed.). Solna: Sveriges Släktforskarförbund. 2010. ISBN 978-91-87676-59-8.
- ^ Oterdahl, Jeanna (1924). "Elisabeth M Beskow". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 04. Stockholm: National Archives of Sweden. p. 88. Retrieved 4 October 2015.