Framstående fruntimmer i 1800-talets Stockholm

Join us in 19th-century Norrmalm and hear the stories of some of the women whose lives were connected with the area. Some are still well known to us today, while others have been forgotten.

Amid a bustle of unmarried ladies, actresses, baronesses and seamstresses, a picture emerges of Stockholm just before a time of great change. Here, these women pursue the opportunities open to them: in philanthropy and the theatre, or as pioneers in entrepreneurship and voluntary associations.