Hedvig Sohlberg

Hedvig Sohlberg (January 29, 1858 - October 6, 1937) was a Finnish principal of a woman's normal school, lecturer, and prominent advocate of prohibition. She was an MP of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, having been a member from 1908 to 1914, representing the constituency of the Uusimaa Province. She was also a member of the Ekenas City Council and was the vice-chair of the central government of the (Swedish Sobriety Federation of Finland).

Early life and education Hedvig Sohlberg was born at Pohja, on 29 January 1858. Her parents were the vicar Fredrik Sohlberg and Maria Rosina Richter. Hedvig's siblings were Seth Sohlberg, Senior Ministerial Adviser, and Gerhard Sohlberg, architect.

She was educated at the Ekenas Seminary, She did valuable service in conducting Temperance Institutes for public school teachers and took part in various school and other temperance conventions in the Scandinavian countries, including the Finnish Swedish Temperance Association.

Her loyalty to the temperance cause and her activity in promoting it led to her election for two terms (1908-13) to the Finnish Parliament, where she took an active part in drafting the Temperance Bill and in securing its enactment.