Anna Lenah Elgström

Anna Helena Maria "Anna Lenah" Elgström (29 December 1884 in Helsingborg – 23 December 1968 in Stockholm) was a Swedish author.

Life and career

Elgström studied art in Stockholm and Paris and wrote in Social-Demokraten until 1948. She was Catholic and active in the women's and peace movement. She married in 1912 with the theatre director Gustaf Collijn, with whom she had a daughter, Ragnhild, circa 1914. Her most famous work is the "Den kloka Elsa" (The Clever Elsa) trilogy, which began in 1928, and told the story of the upbringing and development of a young woman by the name of Elsa Holm. She was a life-long catholic.