Mathilda Staël von Holstein

Christina Mathilda Staël von Holstein (1876–1953) was a Swedish lawyer. She was the second woman to become a lawyer in Sweden, the first being Eva Andén. She was known as a feminist throughout her lifetime.[1][2]

photograph of Mathilda Stael von Holstein

Biography

She was born in Kristianstad as the daughter of the nobleman and Colonel Axel Staël von Holstein and Cecilia Nordenfeldt and grew up in Värmland.[3] She was orphaned early and left with responsibility for her eleven siblings, and never married.

She was a correspondent at a law firm, then an assistant and an accountant at the Stockholm City Health Board. She became a Candidate of Law in Stockholm in 1918. She was also a member of the Fredrika Bremer Association and chairman of the Stockholm Women's Association. From 1919 to 1923 she was a partner in Eva Andén's law firm. As a lawyer, she primarily worked on family law and property issues.[4]

One of the biggest problems for women to obtain government office during this time was that the law defined the applicant for such jobs as a "Swedish man". The Ministry of Justice formed a committee in 1919 to investigate and remove this barrier from the law through a change of constitution. The chairman of the committee was Emilia Broomé, the first woman to chair a government committee. Staël von Holstein was a committee member. The committee's work resulted in Competence Law of 1923.

She died in Stockholm.

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See also

Sources
  1. "C Mathilda Staël von Holstein - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. Melby, Kari; Pylkkänen, Anu; Rosenbeck, Bente; Wetterberg, Christina Carlsson (2000). The Nordic Model of Marriage and the Welfare State. Nordic Council of Ministers. ISBN 9789289305624. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. "Göteborgsfamiljer - Christina Mathilda (Ina) Stael von Holstein". gamlagoteborg.se. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. Melby, Kari; Ravn, Anna-Birte; Wetterberg, Christina Carlsson (2009). Gender Equality and Welfare Politics in Scandinavia: The Limits of Political Ambition?. Policy Press. ISBN 9781847424655. Retrieved 3 September 2017.


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