Ellen Bergman

Ellen Bergman (5 January 1842- 5 December 1921) was a Swedish musician, vocal educator and women's rights activist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. [1]

Eleonora (Ellen) Bergman, (5 January 1842- 5 December 1921)

Biography

Eleonora (Ellen) Magdalena Bergman was born at Strängnäs, Sweden. In 1864, she began her education at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien) in Stockholm. She studied cello, organ, harmonic and solo singing, graduating in 1867. Ellen Bergman worked as a singing teacher at the Royal Seminary (Högre lärarinneseminariet) and Royal College of Music (Kungliga Musikhögskolan) from 1868-99. For her achievements in musical teaching, she was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien) in 1876. [2] [3]

From the first half of the 1880s, Bergman was known as a leading member of the Swedish Federation (Svenska Federationen), the Swedish branch of the Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts which had first been established in Great Britain during 1869 by Elizabeth Wolstenholme (1833–1918) and Josephine Butler (1828–1906). The organization worked against prostitution and particularly the abusive genital examinations of registered prostitutes. Svenska Federationen deemed the existing Swedish regulation system (Reglementeringssystemet) to be humiliating and socially stigmatizing. Bergman was an active writer and speaker who became involved in a conflict with Swedish playwright and novelist August Strindberg (1849–1912) because of her views of gender, who once referred to her in a letter written in 1884 as: "djefla maran Ellen Bergman" (literally: "The Damned mare Ellen Bergman").[4] [5]

She was awarded the Illis Quorum in 1899.

References
  1. Ebba Heckcscher (November 1921). "Ellen Bergman" (PDF). Hertha, Årgäng VIII. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  2. "Ellen Bergman 70 År" (PDF). Dagny. 11 January 1812. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  3. "Ellen Bergman". kvinnofronten.nu. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  4. Svanström, Yvonne (2007). Jansdotter Anna, Svanström Yvonne. red. ”Ellen Bergman och svenska Federationen: kvinnoemancipation och sedlighet i Sverige 1880-1900”. Sedligt, renligt, lagligt : prostitution i Norden 1880-1940 (Göteborg: Makadam): sid. 71–105. ISBN 978-91-7061-040-0 (inb.). Libris 10628213
  5. "Reglementeringssystemet". kvinnofronten.nu. Retrieved December 1, 2018.

Other sources
  • Svanström, Yvonne (2007). Jansdotter Anna, Svanström Yvonne. red. ”Ellen Bergman och svenska Federationen: kvinnoemancipation och sedlighet i Sverige 1880-1900”. Sedligt, renligt, lagligt : prostitution i Norden 1880-1940 (Göteborg: Makadam): sid. 71–105. ISBN 978-91-7061-040-0 (inb.). Libris 10628213
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