About Selma Jacobsson
Lived 1841 – 1899 (aged 58). Selma Jacobsson was a Swedish photographer.
Selma Ida Jacobsson (27 January 1841, in Stockholm – 30 March 1899, in Stockholm) was a Swedish photographer.
Selma Jacobsson was born to the merchant Levi Abraham Jacobsson and Sally Pohl, the sister of the opera singer Agnes Jacobsson and the architect Ernst Jacobsson, and married the Armenian linguist Norayr de Byzance in 1881.
She was a student of Bertha Valerius. She opened her own photographic studio in Stockholm in 1872. She was a successful photographer with clients within the diplomatic corps and high society. In 1899, she was appointed "Kungl. Hoffotograf" ('Photographer of the Royal Court').
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Who was Selma Jacobsson?
Swedish photographer (1841–1899)
When was Selma Jacobsson born?
Selma Jacobsson was born on 27 January 1841 in Stockholm.
When did Selma Jacobsson die?
Selma Jacobsson died on 30 March 1899 in Stockholm.
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Selma Jacobsson was a photographer.
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Selma Jacobsson was Swedish.
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