Valborg Olander

Swedish teacher, politician and suffragette

Valborg Olander
Valborg Olander (Uddeholm Manor, Värmland 14 May 1861 – 27 February 1943), was a Swedish teacher, politician and suffragette. She is known for her friendship with Selma Lagerlöf. Life and career. Valborg Olander was born as one of five children to the medical doctor Gustaf Achilles and Eva Charlotta Munktell. After the death of her father when she was twelve, her mother supported the family by opening a fashion shop in Ulricehamn. Olander was educated at a girls' school in Jönköping, and at Högre lärarinneseminariet in Stockholm at the age of fifteen in 1876. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valborg_Olander

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