Franziska Carlsen

Franziska Antoinette Hilleborg Carlsen (13 November 1817 – 28 February 1876) was a Danish writer who was particularly interested in local history and folklore.

[1][2][3] With the publication of her pioneering Noget om og fra Rønnebæk Sogn med Rønnebæksholm (Something about and from the parish of Rønnebæk and Ronnebæakshlom Manor) in 1861, she became one of the few women of her times to publish works documenting local folklore.

[1] In 1861, she published Noget om og fra Rønnebæk Sogn med Rønnebæksholm, a pioneering contribution to topographical literature which also included songs, legends and accounts of local festivals.

She also embarked on a highly detailed and well researched account of the history of Gammelkjægegaard og Omegn (Gammel Køgegård and Surroundings).

Her accounts titled Om Helgene, som Kirker og Stiftelser i Kjøge og Omegn have været indviede til (Saints to which churches and religious foundations in Køge and surroundings have been consecrated) were published in Volumes 5 and 6 of Ny kirkehistorie, Samlinger.