Ida von Plomgren

Ida Amalia von Plomgren (9 September 1870 – 26 March 1960) was a Swedish feminist, writer and administrator, and one of the first Swedish women's foil fencing champions. She was best known to friends by her nickname "Plom".

Early life Ida Amalia von Plomgren was born on 9 September 1870 in the Måstena manor house in Södermanland County, Sweden, owned by her paternal von Plomgren family since 1755. She was the youngest daughter of Baroness Lotten von Plomgren (née Liljencrantz) and Colonel Erland von Plomgren. Her maternal aunt was Jaquette Liljencrantz, a Swedish born Danish writer, journalist, women's rights activist and socialist.

Career Ida von Plomgren was employed at the Fredrika Bremer Association's office in 1900. Often abbreviated to the FBF, it is the oldest women's rights organisation in Sweden, founded in 1884. Plomgren worked there throughout her career, including as secretary from 1916 to 1937. She later became head of the FBF's vocational counselling office. She was a member of the board from 1917 to 1942 and chairman of the Stockholm branch from 1931 to 1938.

Plomgren was elected to the Nya Idun Society in 1907. She was the society's secretary from 1918 to 1921 and then its president from 1921 to 1935. She wrote several plays for Nya Idun in collaboration with Annie Bergman, including a Mozart parody Figges bröllop in 1933 and Den gudomliga äppelkompotten in 1935 as part of the organisation's 50th anniversary. The couple travelled together several times, including to Bavaria and Norway.