Beat-Sofi Granqvist

Beat-Sofi Granqvist (1869 – 1960) was a Finnish actress and florist.

[1] Beat-Sofi Granqvist's parents were Karl Emil Granqvist (1830–1889), a mathematics and natural history teacher at Pori upper elementary school, and his first wife, Maria Sofia Nyström.

Beat-Sofi Granqvist was a student of Kaarlo Bergbom.

[2][1][3][4] In the 1910s, Granqvist studied the manufacture of artificial flowers in Germany.

After returning to Finland, she founded Finland's first artificial flower factory, next to her apartment at Pieni Roobertinkatu 4-6.

A picture of Beat-Sofi Granqvist from the 1910s.
Another picture of Beat-Sofi Granqvist from the 1910s.