Amanda Kerfstedt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Amanda Kerfstedt

Swedish novelist, playwright and translator

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1835

Place of Birth: Eskilstuna, Södermanland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 10-Apr-1920

Profession: playwright, translator

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Hilda Augusta Amanda Kerfstedt, née Hallström (5 June 1835, in Eskilstuna – 10 April 1920, in Stockholm), was a Swedish novelist, playwright and translator.
She was a popular and noted writer in late 19th and early 20th century Sweden, and participated in the public debate.
She was also engaged in the movement for women's rights, and active in the Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet and Föreningen för gift kvinnas äganderätt.
As a feminist, she focused on the debate around sexual equality, and was critical to the contemporary sexual double standards for men and women.
As such, she was one of the participants in the Sedlighetsdebatten (Morality Debate), the public debate in Swedish papers, books and plays, which took place during the 1880s.
She was the editor of the feminist paper Dagny, the organ of the Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet, in 1888-1891.
She was especially noted within the debate on children's literature.