Maja Forsslund

Ingeborg Augusta Maria (Maja) Forsslund (20 November 1878 – 2 November 1967) was a Swedish folklorist and women's rights activist. She is remembered for enthusiastically collecting folk material in and around Kopparberg in central Sweden, paying special attention to religious folk memories. The local educational association has preserved her findings in its Örebro County's folk history archives as well as in similar archives in Uppsala.

Early life Born on 20 November 1878 in Kopparberg in central Sweden, Ingeborg Augusta Maria Forsslund was the daughter of the prosperous wholesale merchant Carl Frederik Forsslund and his wife Augusta Christina née Ôhman. The only girl among the family's four children, she attended Kopparberg's elementary school (folkskola). Interested in developing education facilities for ordinary people, she not only wrote books and gave lectures but in 1919 was the driving force behind the establishment of Kopparbergs-Ljusnarsbergs Folkbildningsförening, a folk education association. As books were acquired with assistance from the church, Forsslund put some order into their presentation, preparing the way for the Ljusnarberg Library. Her contribution titled En färd genom Kopparbergs kyrkby för hundra år sedan (A Journey through the Village of Kopparberg a Hundred Years Ago) presents the activities of her ancestors in the local mining community.

Maja Forsslund died in Kopparberg on 2 November 1967 and was buried in Ljusnarsberg Churchyard.