Meta Torvalds
Elin Margareta (Meta) Torvalds (born January 14, 1922 in Korsholm , † February 10, 2012 in Turku ) was a Finnish-Swedish journalist and Finland's first female editor-in-chief .
Torvalds worked as an editor from 1946 to 1948 for the newspaper Österbottningen and from 1948 for Åbo Underrättelser , where she was editor-in-chief from 1971 to 1977. In 1975 she received the Topeliuspriset , a prize for Swedish journalism in Finland. In 1983 she was awarded the Kyrkans informationspris (Church Award) and in 1985 the Åbolands Kulturpris . She received an honorary doctorate from Åbo Akademi in 2002. Since 1948 she was married to Ole Torvalds .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Torvalds, Meta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Torvalds, Elin Margareta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Korsholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 2012 |
| Place of death | Turku |