Fredrika Runeberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fredrika Runeberg

Finlandswedish novelist

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1807

Place of Birth: Jakobstad, Finland

Date of Death: 27-May-1879

Profession: writer, author, journalist

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Fredrika Charlotta Runeberg (2 September 1807, Jakobstad – 27 May 1879, Helsinki), born Fredrika Tengström, was a Finnish (Finland-Swedish) novelist, journalist and the wife of Finland's national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg.
She was a pioneer of Finnish historical fiction and one of the first woman journalists in Finland.In her own time, she was mainly known as the wife of her famous husband, poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg.
The family lived most of their life in Porvoo, where she created most of her works, including the historical novel Fru Catharina Boije och hennes döttrar (1858).
She wrote in Swedish.