Nya Idun

Nya Idun
Formation7 February 1885; 139 years ago (1885-02-07)
Founder
Founded atStockholm, Sweden
TypeWomen's association
Websitehttps://www.nyaidun.se

Nya Idun ('New Idun') is a Swedish cultural association for women founded in 1885, originally as a female counterpart[1] to Sällskapet Idun ('the Idun Society'). Its aim was to "gather educated women in the Stockholm area for informal gatherings".[2]

Nya Idun's committee, 1885
Birgit Sommer, Gunnel Hazelius-Berg and Margit Siwertz [sv] dressed in 1800s clothing at Nya Idun's spring festival at Solliden at Skansen, May 1968.

Activity

Nya Idun was founded on 7 February 1885 on the premises of the Hushållsskola [sv] at Jakobsbergsgatan 11 in Stockholm.[3][4] Its founders were Calla Curman, Hanna Winge, Ellen Fries, Ellen Key and Amelie Wikström.[5][6][7] The first fifteen women elected to the association's committee were Alfhild Agrell, Lilly Engström, Selma Giöbel, Therese Gyldén, Anna Höjer, Amanda Kerfstedt, Anne Charlotte Leffler, Hulda Lundin, Agda Montelius, Anna Munthe-Norstedt, Mathilda Roos, Anna Sandström, Hilma Svedbom, Anna Whitlock, and Coraly Zethræus.[8]

The association's model was Sällskapet Idun in Stockholm, founded in 1862, which, according to its statutes, was for "men living in Stockholm who have their own activities and interests in science, literature and art in various fields".[9] Sällskapet Idun accepted only male members, and Nya Idun was formed to serve as a counterpart for women.

On the founding of the organization, Calla Curman wrote, "Why shouldn't we women too, regardless of our different political and religious views, be able to come together for a mutual exchange of ideas in common intellectual, artistic and literary interests?"[10]

The association met once a month, with art exhibitions and musical and literary lectures. Its first meeting was attended by 20 people. On that occasion, author Anne Charlotte Edgren-Leffler gave a lecture on, among other things, the Victorian dress reform movement abroad, which led to the founding of the Swedish Dress Reform Association the following year.[11][3]

The association still exists for women academics and artists of various kinds.

Women's journals

A Swedish-language women's journal of the same name, Nya Idun, was published in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1906 to 1924 by Magnhild Anderson.[12][13]

There was also an early 20th-century Swedish women's journal with the name Idun, published from 1887 to 1963.[14]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Burman, Carina (3 August 2015). K.J. : En biografi över Klara Johanson. Marina Mattsson. Albert Bonniers förlag. ISBN 978-91-0-014970-3. OCLC 943802529. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Sällskapet nya Iduns arkiv". National Archives of Sweden (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b Bagerius, Henric; Lagerlöf Nilsson, Ulrika (2011). Moderna historier: skönlitteratur i det moderna samhällets framväxt (in Swedish). Lund: Nordic Academic Press. ISBN 978-91-85509-65-2. OCLC 776489584. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  4. ^ "I vimlet. Mötesplatser för kvinnosak och kultur kring sekelskiftet 1900". www.skeptron.uu.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  5. ^ Linder, Gurli. "Calla Curman (f. Lundström)". Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  6. ^ Pettersson, Cecelia. "Calla Curman". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  7. ^ Hildebrand, Bengt. "Ellen Fries". Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Idunesen – vem var hon?" (in Swedish). 9 February 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Sällskapets historia". Sällskapet Idun (in Swedish). 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  10. ^ Curman, Calla (2012). Minnen (in Swedish). Holmberg (New ed.). Stockholm: Dejavu. ISBN 978-91-7451-405-6. OCLC 939826240. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Svenska dräktreformföreningen". www.kvinnofronten.nu (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  12. ^ Ander, Oscar Fritiof (1956). The cultural heritage of the Swedish immigrant: Selected references. Rock Island, Ill.: Augustana Book Concern. p. 169. OCLC 484008473.
  13. ^ Skarstedt, Ernst (1917). Svensk-amerikanska folket i helg och söcken : strödda blad ur svensk-amerikanernas historia, deras öden och bedrifter, nederlag och segrar, livsintressen och förströelser, jämte biografiska uppgifter om ett antal märkesmän (in Swedish). Björck & Börjesson. p. 176. OCLC 866595654. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek: Idun". Gothenburg University Library (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 January 2024.

Sources

  • "Nya Idun". Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). 1914.
  • Gyllenbok, Jan (2008). I gott sällskap - Om sällskapslivet i Sverige (in Swedish). Malmö. p. 40.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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