Anna Wahlenberg

Anna Maria Lovisa Wahlenberg (23 May 1858 – 29 November 1933) was a Swedish writer and playwright.

Anna Maria Lovisa Wahlenberg(-Kjerrman)
Born(1858-05-28)May 28, 1858
Stockholm
DiedNovember 29, 1933(1933-11-29) (aged 75)
Solna
Pen nameRien
Occupationwriter, playwright
NationalitySweden
Genrenovels, fairy tails, plays
SpouseFritz Josef Kjerrman

Life

Anna Wahlenberg was born on 23 May 1858 in Stockholm.[1] For nine years, she lived on the old farm in Kungsholmen where her father had a candle factory.[2] Wahlenberg attended Pauli girls’ school and the Wallin school.[1]

In 1882, she debuted with her first collection of short stories Teckningar i sanden (Drawings in the Sand) under the pseudonym Rien (from Swedish “nothing”).[3] In 1886, Wahlenberg wrote her second book and a first novel Små själar (Small Souls).[4] The novel deals with failings in women's education and promotes financial independence for women.[1] She wrote two more collections of short stories Hos grannas (1887) and I hvardagslag (1889) dedicated to young woman's fight for financial independence.[3]

In 1888, Wahlenberg married an editor of the newspaper Dagens Nyheter Fritz Kjerrman with whom she had two sons.[3][5]

In 1890, she deputed as a playwright with a comedy called På vakt followed by a prolific output of plays for amateurs and children as well as for professional actors that were frequently staged at the Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern (the Royal Dramatic Theatre) in Stockholm.[1]

In 1895, Wahlenberg wrote her first art fairy tale collection Bengt's tales about kings, elves, trolls and princesses.[2] She wrote over 200 fairy tales, dedicating some of them to her sons.[1] In her fairy tales, Wahlenberg combined traditional fairy tale enchantment and magic with everyday problems and events.[2] In 1899, she became the first one to translate A Thousand and One Night into Swedish.[4]

Wahlenberg lived all her life in Stockholm and moved in with her sister after her husband's death in 1896.[1]

Anna Wahlenberg died on 29 November 1933 and is buried at Norra cemetery in Solna.[1]

Selected Works
  • En mesallians
  • Kungens nattmössa
  • Länge, länge, sedan . . . Sagor
  • Löndörren
  • Pappas kria
  • På Vakt
  • Sagoteatern
  • Stackars flicka
  • Två valspråk[6]

References
  1. "skbl.se - Anna Maria Lovisa Wahlenberg". skbl.se. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  2. "Atrium Förlag - Anna Wahlenberg". www.atriumforlag.se. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  3. "Wahlenberg, Anna". Nordic Women's Literature. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  4. "Litteraturbanken | Svenska klassiker som e-bok och epub". litteraturbanken.se. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  5. SVENSKT FÖRFATTARLEXIKON 1900—1940. SVENSKT FÖRFATTARLEXIKONS FÖRLAG RABÉN & SJÖGREN. 1942. p. 851.
  6. "Wahlenberg, Anna (Nordic Authors)". runeberg.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
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