Alexandra Skoglund facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Alexandra Skoglund
Born	22 October 1862  Klara Church Parish
Died	12 February 1938  (aged 75) Sankt Matteus
Resting place	Norra begravningsplatsen
Alma mater	Uppsala University
Occupation	Women's rights activist, teacher, historian
Employer	Ahlström School (1903–1933) National Council of Swedish Women (1920–1938) Åhlinska skolan (1912–1933)
Parent(s)	Daniel Carl Alexander Skoglund  Lovisa Sofia Gottschalk

Louise Sophie Alexandra Skoglund (1862–1938) was a Swedish suffragette, women's rights activist and politician.

Life

Skoglund was born 22 October 1862 in Stockholm, Sweden. Skoglund graduated from Högre lärarinneseminariet in 1883. She was a teacher at the Åhlinska skolan in 1912–1933. In 1902–1903, she was one of the founders of the National Association for Women's Suffrage. After the Country Association for Women's Suffrage had abandoned its political neutrality in 1911, when the conservative Moderate Party was the only party left opposed to women suffrage, Alexandra Skoglund was one of the right wing suffragists to create the Moderate Association for Women's Suffrage. She was the chairperson in the women's group of the Moderate Party in 1920–1938. Skoglund died 12 February 1938 in Stockholm.