Exhibition: Gothenburg Women's Map + KvinnSam
A new exhibition in collaboration with KvinnSam and Gothenburg Women's Map highlights seven women who lived or worked in Gothenburg.
Gothenburg Women's Map has marked out 100 women who have lived or worked in Gothenburg on a digital map. This exhibition, in collaboration with KvinnSam, highlights seven of these women and organizations. Several of them have archive collections at KvinnSam or the Manuscript Department at Gothenburg University Library. This exhibition is only available in Swedish.
The women featured in the exhibition are:
- Emma Jacobsson - Philanthropist and founder of Bohus Stickning
- Frigga Carlberg - Social worker, suffragist, and author
- Ingrid Segerstedt Wiberg - Journalist, politician, and peace and human rights activist
- Åsa Nelvin – Author
- Maj Britt Theorin – Politician and peace activist
- Sophie Elkan – Author
- The founders of KvinnSam – Asta Ekenvall, Rosa Malmström, and Eva Pineus
Visit the exhibition at the Humanities Library, and click here to visit the digital map featuring 100 women (in Swedish). KvinnSam's archive collections contain a wealth of material on the history of women in Gothenburg. Click here to discover these collections (in Swedish).
The Gothenburg Women's Map was created by editor Anette Carlsson and writers Neta Norrmo, Ingela Eek, Kerstin Keen, Brittmo Bernhardsson, and Marie Hjalmarsson Engelke. With this map, you can take a walk through Gothenburg and learn more about the women of the city. Or perhaps you are in a particular place and want to know more about a woman who has a connection to that place. 100 women from all walks of life, politics, music, beer brewing, social work, and more. 100 women who have left their mark and influenced history.
The exhibition includes material from the following archives:
Location: The glass corridor between the Humanities Library and the Faculty of Humanities.
Date: October 21 to November 16, 2025.
Click here to go to Gothenburg's Women's Map (in Swedish).