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Sophie Adlersparre | |
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_-_Nordiska_Museet_-_NMA.0041102.jpg) Sophie Adlersparre, photograph by Bertha Valerius (1860s) | |
| Born | Carin Sophie Leijonhufvud 6 July 1823 |
| Died | 27 June 1895 (aged 71) Ström, near Södertälje |
| Other names | Esselde |
| Occupation(s) | publisher, editor and writer |
| Known for | Women's rights activist. Founded the Fredrika Bremer Association (Fredrika-Bremer-förbundet), the oldest women's rights organisation in Sweden (1884). |
| Spouse | Axel Adlersparre |
| Awards | Illis quorum meruere labores |
Carin Sophie Adlersparre, known under the pen-name Esselde (born Leijonhufvud; 6 July 1823 – 27 June 1895)[1] was one of the pioneers of the 19th-century women's rights movement in Sweden. She was the founder and editor of the first women's magazine in Scandinavia, Home Review (Tidskrift för hemmet), in 1859–1885; co-founder of Friends of Handicraft (Handarbetets vänner) in 1874–1887; founder of the Fredrika Bremer Association (Fredrika-Bremer-förbundet) in 1884; and one of the first two women to be a member of a state committee in Sweden in 1885.