Rosalie Sjöman

[1][2] Born on 16 October 1833 in Kalmar in the south of Sweden, Sjöman was the daughter of John Peter Hammarqvist, a captain in the merchant navy.

She eventually employed a staff of some ten assistants, opening studios in Kalmar, Halmstad and Vaxholm.

She was also conversant with the latest techniques, coating her images with a thin film of collodion to gain a glossy effect.

After giving birth to a third son and a second daughter, in 1881 she moved with her five children to a new property of Regeringsgatan where she opened a new studio, soon separating from Diehl.

She is remembered as one of Sweden's earliest female professional photographers along with Emma Schenson in Uppsala, Hilda Sjölin in Malmö and Wilhelmina Lagerholm in Örebro[1]