Honorine Hermelin

Honorine Hermelin (October 19, 1886 – September 4, 1977) was a Swedish headteacher, newspaper founder and feminist.

Honorine Hermelin
in 1920s
BornOctober 19, 1886
Ekebyborna parish
DiedSeptember 4, 1977
Brännkyrka parish
NationalitySweden
Known forheadteacher of Kvinnliga medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad
Spouse(s)Vilhelm Grønbech

Life

Hermelin was born in Ekebyborna parish in 1886. Her mother Honorine (von Koch) died with in days. She had one sibling and she would gain seven more when her father, Joseph Hermelin, remarried.

1920s feminists Left to right: Elisabeth Tamm, Ada Nilsson, Kerstin Hesselgren sitting, Honorine Hermelin and Elin Wägner

She qualified as a teacher and taught for over ten years before coming to notice as the headteacher of the Fogelstad Group's school for women.[1] Under her leadership Kvinnliga medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad was known as "Lilla Ulfåsa".[1] It was founded in 1925 and it continued under her leadership until 1954. This led to her coming the first woman to chair a school board in 1932. In 1947, she married to Vilhelm Grønbech but he died within eight months.

The newspaper Tidevarvet was founded in 1923[2][3] (or 1924[4]) by Kerstin Hesselgren, Honorine Hermelin, who was an educator, Ada Nilsson, Elisabeth Tamm, a political politician, and Elin Wägner, who was an author.[5][6]

Private life

She married for eight months. She had a very close relationship with Ada Nilsson such that during the last year of her life Nilsson came to stay at Fogelstad with Hermelin. Nilsson died in 1964[1] and Hermelin died in Brännkyrka parish in 1977.

Recognition

The King of Sweden awarded her the Illis quorum.

Siri Derkert created a portrait of her which is now in the Swedish National Museum.[7]

References
  1. "skbl.se - Honorine Louise Hermelin". www.skbl.se. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  2. "Tidevarvet 1923". Göteborgs Universitetsbibliotek. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  3. "Tidevarvet cover page" (PDF). Tidevarvet. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. Karl Erik Gustafsson; Per Rydén (2010). A History of the Press in Sweden (PDF). Gothenburg: Nordicom. ISBN 978-91-86523-08-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  5. Lene Buchert. "Hesselgren, Kerstin (1872-1964)". Performance Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  6. "Tidevarvsgruppen (The Age Group), Fogelstad-gruppen (The Fogelstad Group) and the newspaper Tidevarvet (The Age.)". Hjördis Levin's homepage. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  7. "Nationalmuseum - Honorine Hermelin (1886-1977), principal, chairman of the school board, married to Vilhelm Grønbech". emp-web-84.zetcom.ch. Retrieved 2020-02-28.


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