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Elisabeth Beskow

Elisabeth Beskow
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Elisabeth Beskow
Born Elisabeth Maria Beskow
(1870-11-19)19 November 1870
, Sweden
Died 17 October 1928(1928-10-17) (aged 57)
Åre, Jämtland
Pen name Runa
Occupation Author
Language Swedish
Nationality Swedish
Relatives Natanael Beskow (cousin)
Elsa Beskow (cousin's wife)

Elisabeth Maria Beskow (19 November 1870 – 17 October 1928) was a Swedish author. Born in , Sweden she went to the Beskow School and later studied at the Sabbatsberg Hospital as well as the Sophiahemmet. She wrote about fifty books under the pseudonym Runa. A number of her books are translated into Danish, Finnish, French, English, German and Dutch.

In her books she discussed the equal rights of men and women and spoke against animal testing and for vegetarianism.



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