Elisabeth Beskow

Not to be confused with Elsa Beskow.
Elisabeth Beskow

Elisabeth Beskow
Born Elisabeth Maria Beskow
(1870-11-19)November 19, 1870
Stockholm, Sweden
Died October 17, 1928(1928-10-17) (aged 57)[1]
Åre, Jämtland
Pen name Runa
Occupation Author
Language Swedish
Nationality Swedish
Relatives Natanael Beskow (cousin)
Elsa Beskow (cousin's wife)

Elisabeth Maria Beskow (19 November 1870  17 October 1928) was a Swedish author. Born in Stockholm, Sweden she went to the Beskow School and later studied at the Sabbatsberg Hospital as well as the Sophiahemmet. She wrote about fifty books under the pseudonym Runa. A number of her books are translated into Danish, Finnish, French, English, German and Dutch.[2]

In her books she discussed the equal rights of men and women and spoke against animal testing and for vegetarianism.

Bibliography—a selection

References

  1. Sveriges Dödbok 1901–2009 (DVD-ROM, 5 ed.). Solna: Sveriges Släktforskarförbund. 2010. ISBN 978-91-87676-59-8.
  2. Oterdahl, Jeanna (1924). "Elisabeth M Beskow". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish) 04. Stockholm: National Archives of Sweden. p. 88. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

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