Emily Nonnen

Emily Nonnen (22 February 1812 – 19 January 1905) was a British-Swedish writer, translator and artist.

Emily Nonnen was born 22 February 1812, London, Great Britain.

She moved to her maternal uncle in Sweden from Great Britain as a child.

She wrote novels for young adults and translated English literature to Swedish, among them Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

[2] The Nonnensgatan (Nonnenstreet) in Bö in Gothenburg was named after the Nonnen sisters in 1944.