Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg

Cecilia Ulrika Laura Lovisa Bååth-Holmberg (1 March 1857 – 30 July 1920) was a Swedish writer, translator, educator, and activist.

Bååth-Holmberg was responsible for supervising the school's domestic science education, and she started teaching courses that were intended for female students.

She authored several works of fiction including, the anthology of short stories entitled Pepita och andra berättelser (1899), and I häfdernas hall: Verklighetssagor för de unga (1900).

Her works of nonfiction included travel books on Nordic places, and historical biographies of eminent figures such as those of Giuseppe Garibaldi and Charles XV.

[1][5] Bååth-Holmberg actively championed against the negative impact of literature and press on public morality, publishing an article in Stockholms Dagblad in 1908.