Mathilda Staël von Holstein

photograph of Mathilda Stael 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]

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 became orphaned early and left with responsibility for her eleven siblings, and never married.

She was a correspondent at law firm, then the laboratory and chamber of the Stockholm City Health Board. She became a legal candidate in Stockholm in 1918. She was also a member of the Fredrika Bremer Association and chairman of the Stockholm Women's Association. She was Eva Andéns companion 1919-1923. As a lawyer, she primarily worked on family law and property issues.[4]

One of the biggest problems for women to exercise government office during this time was that the law formulated an applicant for such jobs as "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 became Emilia Broomé, the first government committee with a woman as chairman. Among the committee members were also Mathilda Staël von Holstein. The committee's work resulted in the Law of Rights 1923. [5]

She died in Stockholm.

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.
  5. ↑ Text machine translated and copy edited by human from the (Swedish?) Wikipedia


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