Exhibition at KvinnSam: Fogelstad 100 years!
During the summer, an exhibition about Kvinnliga medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad, which began in 1925, will be on display. Five stands will show glimpses from the archive including photographs, posters, programmes and other material from the school's activities, focusing on the school's founders, teaching methods and participants.
The archive is of particular importance for how women understood and worked to enter the public discourse in Sweden in the years following the success of the suffrage movement in 1919. Kvinnliga Medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad was active during 1925-1954 and held spring, autumn and summer courses. The school also ran continuation courses. The school courses covered a wide range of traditional subjects such as history, social studies and psychology, practical civic education, choral singing, gymnastics and rhythmics.
The women behind the school
The founders of the school were Elisabeth Tamm, Kerstin Hesselgren, Elin Wägner, Ada Nilsson and Honorine Hermelin. A number of well-known figures in Swedish women's history are closely associated with the school's development and management, such as Siri Derkert, Moa Martinson, Emilia Fogelklou and Alexandra Kollontay, who were guest lecturers at the school.
Digitalisation of the archive
During 2024-2026, a project funded by the Riksbankens jubileumsfond will digitise the entire Fogelstad archive and make it available on the Alvin platform.
Location: Galleriet, Humanities Library
Dates: June 24th to October 5th 2025