Anna Sophie Boesen Dreijer

Anna Sofie Boesen Dreijer (30 January 1899 – 27 July 1986) was a Danish schoolteacher who is remembered for her interest in Danish folklore and traditional dance costumes. Together with Ellen Andersen of the Danish Folk Museum, over a period of 30 years she produced "costume envelopes" or dragtkuverter for some 100 costumes, each envelope containing patterns for one or more costumes from a given area.

Biography Born on 30 January 1899 in Kolding, Anna Sofie Boesen Dreijer was the daughter of the postmaster Mads Christian Dreijer (1861–1924) and the schoolteacher Anna Johanne Marie née Boesen (1867–1959). On qualifying as a schoolteacher at N. Zahle's School in 1922, she spent three years as a teacher in Nykøbing Falster and then moved to Copenhagen where she taught until 1966. One of her subjects was handicrafts.

Anna Sophie Boesen Dreijer died on 27 July 1986 in Fredericia.