Emilia Fogelklou

Emilia Maria Fogelklou-Norlind (20 July 1878 in Simrishamn – 26 September 1972 in Uppsala, Sweden) was a Swedish pacifist, theologian, feminist, author and lecturer.

She was the first woman in Sweden to receive a bachelor’s degree in theology, and her written work spans 28 published books.

She became an early member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and went on to contribute to the liberal feminist magazine Tidvarvet.

[1][3] At the age of 52, Fogelklou received the Sweden-America Foundation’s Zorn scholarship, which allowed her to study sociology and psychology at New York and Chicago.

She lectured on these subjects upon her return to Sweden, but her career in education received a blow in 1938, when she was denied a professorship at Uppsala.