Exhibition: Fogelstad 100 years

The archive is of particular importance for how women understood and worked to enter the public discourse in Sweden in the years following the success of the suffrage movement in 1919. Kvinnliga Medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad was active during 1925-1954 and held spring, autumn and summer courses. The school also ran continuation courses. The school courses covered a wide range of traditional subjects such as history, social studies and psychology, practical civic education, choral singing, gymnastics and rhythmics.

The women behind the school

The founders of the school were Elisabeth Tamm, Kerstin Hesselgren, Elin Wägner, Ada Nilsson and Honorine Hermelin. A number of well-known figures in Swedish women's history are closely associated with the school's development and management, such as Siri Derkert, Moa Martinson, Emilia Fogelklou and Alexandra Kollontay, who were guest lecturers at the school.