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Florence Stephens

1881 – 1979

Swedish landowner

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About Florence Stephens

Lived 1881 – 1979 (aged 97). Florence Stephens was a Swedish.

Florence Elisabet Stephens (5 October 1881 – 2 April 1979) was a wealthy Swedish landowner, known as Fröken på Huseby ("the Lady of Huseby") for her estate at Huseby. She was the main figure in the Huseby Affair (, "Huseby scandal"), one of the most prominent court cases in Sweden during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Life

Born in , Kronoberg County, Florence Stephens was the eldest of three daughters of the landowner and politician Joseph Stephens (1841–1934) by his marriage to Elisabeth Kreüger; her paternal grandfather, George Stephens (1813–1895), was an English academic, originally from Liverpool.

Stephens and her sisters Mary and Maggie were educated by a governess, and although she had a good education in languages and was well read, she had no formal education in management or economics. She never married; she ran the household after her mother's death in 1911 and acted as her father's assistant and representative for three decades, and in the 1920s and 1930s was also active in local politics, including a woman's association. The legal actions were completed in 1962.

Honours Nilsson medal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music; Stephens repurchased the birthplace of the opera singer Christina Nilsson, a former property of the Huseby estate, and erected a memorial on her centenary in 1943.

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Who was Florence Stephens?

Swedish landowner

When was Florence Stephens born?

Florence Stephens was born on 5 October 1881 in Skatelöv parish.

When did Florence Stephens die?

Florence Stephens died on 2 April 1979 in Skatelöv parish.

What nationality was Florence Stephens?

Florence Stephens was Swedish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Florence Stephens

· Wikidata: Q4980404

· DBpedia: Florence Stephens

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