Olga Herlin

Olga Gustava Herlin
Born3 February 1875
Stockholm, Sweden
Died
Stockholm, Sweden
Burial place24 April 1965
OccupationEngraver
Known forFirst Swedish female engraver

Olga Gustava Herlin (3 February 1875 in Stockholm – 24 April 1965 in Stockholm) was Sweden's first female engraver. She introduced new working methods and served for nearly 50 years at the Swedish Kingdom's general mapping service and its predecessors. She was the first woman to be elected to the Swedish Cartographic Society in 1920.[1]

  1. ^ "Hedvig Eleonora kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/SSA/0006/C I/27 (1873-1875) - Riksarkivet - Sök i arkiven (birth record)". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2023-03-09.