Frederikke Federspiel

[2] After completing her apprenticeship in 1876, Frederikke Federspiel returned to Denmark, where she was the first women to apply for a licence to trade in photography.

While her sister exercised her trade in lingerie and embroidery in the living room, Frederikke set up a photographic studio on the top floor.

The jewelry was shown at a Christmas exhibition at Copenhagen's Industry Association, attracting the attention of the royal family.

Among her students and assistants were Ernst Gøpel, Fritz Karner and Georg Bendtzen Holm who would later become leading photographers.

[1] Frederikke Federspiel constantly adopted developments in photography although, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her studio, she stated that her business had not evolved as she had hoped.

Nevertheless, when she died in 1913, the Dansk Fotografisk Tidsskrift (Danish Photography Magazine) characterized her as "an unusually likable, honest and energetic lady whose work has been counted among the best.