Elma Danielsson

Elma Danielsson née Sundquist (1 March 1865, Falun - 8 February 1936, Lomma), was a Swedish journalist and politician (Social Democrat). She was a journalist and temporary editor of the social democratic paper Arbetet from 1887 onward, and has been referred to as the first woman in the social democratic press.[1]

Elma Danielsson
Born1 March 1865
Falun
Died8 February 1936(1936-02-08) (aged 70)
Lomma
Other namesElma Sundquist
OccupationJournalist
Known forthe first woman in the social democratic press, and the founder of Kvinnliga arbetarförbundet and Malmös kvinnliga diskussionsklubb.
Spouse(s)Axel Danielsson
ChildrenAtterdag Sundquist

Life

Elma Danielsson was born in Falun. She worked as a teacher in the public school system and moved to Malmö with her fiancée Axel Danielsson, with whom she had an on and off relationship from their engagement in 1881 onward - they married sixteen years later, in 1897. The couple had a son together, Atterdag (1891-1895).

Axel Danielsson published the radical social democratic paper Arbetet in Malmö, and Elma participated in the paper as a journalist from 1887 onward. When Axel was imprisoned for blasphemy in 1889, she managed the paper until his release in 1890. In 1891, she moved to the United States, but returned to Sweden in 1895. August Strindberg reportedly once remarked to Axel Danielsson that he was lucky to have "a fiancee with a spark".[2]

Danielsson was a driving spokesperson of women's rights within the Swedish working class movement: she was the founder of the Kvinnliga arbetarklubben (Women's Worker's Association) in 1888, the first socialist organisation for women workers in Sweden, and served as its chairperson in 1888–90. She was also a co-founder of the Malmös kvinnliga diskussionsklubb (Malmö Women's Discussion Club) in 1900.

After women became eligible to municipal elections in 1909, Danielsson became the first woman elected to the Malmö City Council.

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References

Citations
  1. Berger, Margareta, Pennskaft: kvinnliga journalister i svensk dagspress 1690-1975 [Penholders: Female journalists in Swedish press 1690-1975], Norstedt, Stockholm, 1977
  2. Danielsson, Axel; Lidforss, Bengt (1908). Urval av Axel Danielssons skrifter: med levnadsteckning och karaktäristik. Malmö: Fram. Sid. xxxii. Libris 675734

Bibliography
  • Berger, Margareta, Pennskaft: kvinnliga journalister i svensk dagspress 1690-1975 [Penholders: Female journalists in Swedish press 1690-1975], Norstedt, Stockholm, 1977
  • Levin, Hjördis, 'Proletärkvinnor, Ohoj!: Stockholms Allmänna kvinnoklubb 1892-1930', Arbetarhistoria., 1987-1988:44-45 (Årg. 11-12), s. 4-32, 1988
  • Lindgren, Anne-Marie & Lindgren Åsbrink, Marika, Systrar, kamrater!: arbetarrörelsens kvinnliga pionjärer, Idé och tendens, Stockholm, 2007
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