Alfhild Teresia Agrell was a central figure in the Swedish literature of the Modern Breakthrough and in the cultural circles of Stockholm in the 1880s. Alfhild Agrell grew up in Härnösand, the daughter of a confectioner, and divorced her husband, the merchant P. A. Agrell, in 1895. She was witty and sociable and belonged to the clique associated with the group of writers and artists known as Unga Sverige (Young Sweden). She was a member of Drägtereformföreningen (The Association for the Reformed Dress) and of Nya Idun (a women’s debate society). In 1885, she was one of the first women to be elected to Publicistklubben (The Publicists’ Club).

Text from "The History of Nordic women´s in literature"

Article in english about Alfhild Agrell

The image is a digitally colored and improved photograph of Alfhild Agrell made during the process of the proposal. The original b/w image appeared in the magazine Idun in 1899 for the first time.

The proposal consists of four different pieces and they are placed so they surround the huge (male) art work in the middle of the square in Härnösand.