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Sofie Adlersparre - Biography
Carin Sophie Adlersparre née Leijonhufvud (Helgerum in Västrum in Kalmar County, Sweden, 6 July 1823 – 27 June 1895, Ström outside Södertälje), was a Swedish women's rights activist. She was the founder and editor of the first women's magazine in Scandinavia, Tidskrift för hemmet in 1859-85, co-founder of Handarbetets vänner 1874—87, founder of the Fredrika Bremer-förbundet in 1884, and the first female to have been a member of a state comity in Sweden in 1885. She is also known under her pen-name Esselde. She belonged to the pioneers of the 19th-century women's rights movement in Sweden.
