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Karin Åhlin

1830 – 1899

Swedish teacher, school founder

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Lived 1830 – 1899 (aged 68). Karin Åhlin was a Swedish teacher and school Founder.

Karin Dorothea Wilhelmina Åhlin (25 November 1830 – September 30, 1899) was a Swedish educator. She was the founder and director of the Åhlinska skolan in Stockholm, and its principal from 1847 to 1899.

Biography Karin Åhlin was born and raised in Stockholm as the eldest daughter of Major Paul Pehr Åhlin and Wilhelmina Gustafva Norberg. After the death of her mother in 1847, she was left with the responsibility of raising and educating her younger siblings at the age of seventeen. At this point, the normal profession for a middle-class girl in need to support herself was that of a teacher, and she started to give lessons in her home to not only her siblings but also to paying pupils. She was an appreciated educator and was able to accept more and more pupils, some of them as guests in her home, an enterprise which gradually developed into the expanding Åhlinska skolan. During the expanding of the school, she initially employed her sisters as teachers as they reached adulthood, and eventually also educated teachers she could provide a proper salary.

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Åhlinska skolan
Also known as
Karin Dorothea Wilhelmina Åhlin

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Who was Karin Åhlin?

Swedish teacher, school founder

When was Karin Åhlin born?

Karin Åhlin was born on 25 November 1830 in Stockholm.

When did Karin Åhlin die?

Karin Åhlin died on 30 September 1899 in Stockholm City.

What was Karin Åhlin's occupation?

Karin Åhlin was a teacher and school Founder.

What nationality was Karin Åhlin?

Karin Åhlin was Swedish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Karin Åhlin

· Wikidata: Q13534124

· DBpedia: Karin Åhlin

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