Anna Wahlenberg

Anna Maria Lovisa Wahlenberg (23 May 1858 – 29 November 1933) was a Swedish writer and playwright.

Life Anna Wahlenberg was born on 23 May 1858 in Stockholm. For nine years, she lived on the old farm in Kungsholmen where her father had a candle factory. Wahlenberg attended Pauli girls’ school and the Wallin school. In 1886, Wahlenberg wrote her second book and a first novel (Small Souls). The novel deals with failings in women's education and promotes financial independence for women.

In 1890, she deputed as a playwright with a comedy called followed by a prolific output of plays for amateurs and children as well as for professional actors that were frequently staged at the Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern (the Royal Dramatic Theatre) in Stockholm.