Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen

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Anna Albertina Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (born November 12, 1887 in Långasjö ( Småland ), † February 19, 1955 in Charlottenlund, Gentofte ) was a Swedish artist and writer.

Life

Born in Småland as the daughter of the organist Per Magnus Bergstrand (1855–1927) and his wife Anna Hammargren (1861–1946), Elisabeth Bergstrand studied painting from 1909 to 1913 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm . On her study trip to France , Italy and Algeria , she met the Danish sculptor Axel Poulsen . She married him on November 12, 1917 and moved with him to Copenhagen . The couple had two sons: Ivar (1918) and Hans (1920). Even after her marriage, she continued to paint and draw (portraits, country life, oil and water color paintings), weaving and embroidery, as well as sculptures on the side.

It was only late, around 1926, that she began to write, writing not only novels and short stories but also poetry. A romantic-conservative, moralizing and powerful writing style was typical of her. Several of her books have also been translated into other languages, namely Danish, Dutch, German and English.

bibliography

  • Heroes and exploits (Hjältar och hjältedåd), 1934
  • People should be happy and good - and strong (Glad och god skallariuskan vara - och stark), 1935
  • At the loom of life (Väven), 1936
  • The crown (Kronan: Berättelse från senare halften av 1800), 1937
  • Man and the Bells (Människorna och klockorna), 1939
  • Hawk, could I borrow your wings? (Hök, får jag låna dina vingar?), 1940
  • Queen of the Night (Nattens drottning), 1941
  • The song (Sången), 1947
  • The hike (Vandringen), 1948

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Danish Lexicon of Women's Biographies (Danish).
  2. ^ Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. 1000 biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 61.
personal data
SURNAME Bergstrand-Poulsen, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bergstrand-Poulsen, Anna Albertina Elisabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish artist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Långasjö ( Småland )
DATE OF DEATH 19th February 1955
Place of death Charlottenlund ( Gentofte Commune )