Famous Swedish Female Writers

Birthdate: August 17, 1801

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Turku, Finland

Died: December 31, 1865

Fredrika Bremer was a Finnish-born Swedish feminist reformer and writer. She is credited with popularizing literary realism in Sweden. Bremer is best remembered for her 1856 novel Hertha, which inspired Sophie Adlersparre to start Sweden's first women's magazine, Home Review. In 1884, Sweden's first women's rights organization was named after Fredrika Bremer.