Royal Seminary

Swedish women (unless widowed or divorced) were then considered to be incompetent wards of their husbands, fathers or brothers under the Civil Code of 1734 and could be granted legal majority only by a personal petition to the Crown.

The novel argued against that and supported female admission to institutions of higher education, ultimately successfully on both counts.

Subsidised by influential men, the course provided free lectures and private recitations for elective classes covering religion, natural science, mathematics, history, grammar, literature, French, personal hygiene, and drawing.

On 23 December 1909, the philanthropist and social activist Maria Ribbing, one of the students of the Course of Education for Women, commented to the feminist magazine Dagny about her experience when the Course of Education for Women opened in 1859, half a century previously: The Royal Seminary for the Training of Female Teachers (Kongl.

[2] In addition to the subjects provided by its predecessor, it offered courses in German, English, geography, natural philosophy and pedagogy.

It was organized along new lines by Jane Miller Thengberg in 1864, which made it the focus of study trips from other schools nationwide.

[5] It became increasingly obsolete as women gained greater access to other institutions, however, and was finally closed in 1943.