Catharina Ahlgren

Catharina Ahlgren (1734 – c. 1800) was a Swedish feminist writer, poet, translator, managing editor, and one of the first identifiable female journalists in Sweden. She is also known for her correspondence with Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht. Ahlgren was a leading person in the "Female literary world of the 1750s and 1770s" in Sweden. She later emigrated to Finland, where she published the first Finnish paper in the country.

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Alias (AKA)Catharina Bark Catharina Eckerman
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1734
Birth nameCatharina Ahlgren
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1800
Known for
Feminism

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