Alba Schwartz

Sofie Albertine (Alba) Schwartz née Larsen (1857–1942) was a Danish writer who contributed to the social life of Skagen in the north of Jutland after her husband was appointed mayor in 1899.

Brought up in a well-to-do home in central Copenhagen, she initially aspired to become an actress and studied drama under the celebrated Ludvig Phister [da].

Taking an interest in the history of the town and its current development, she published a two-volume illustrated work consisting of Skagen.

[1] It was not however until she was in her seventies that she began to write novels, all based on love, affectionate relationships and family life, especially the role of motherhood.

First came Overlægen (The Specialist Physician, 1932) describing a love affair between a nurse and her superior, then came Barnet (The Child, 1935) which is also set in the medical environment she know from childhood.