Anna Maria Roos Explained

Anna Maria Roos
Birth Date:1862 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Death Place:Bombay, India
Occupation:writer, theosophist, song lyricist
Language:Swedish
Nationality:Swedish
Years Active:1890s–1930s

Anna Maria Roos (9 April 1862 – 23 April 1938) was a Swedish educator, author, theosophist and songwriter.

Biography

Roos was born to Postmaster General Adolf Wilhelm Roos and Sophie Maria Roos née Nordenfalk in 1862 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was the granddaughter of Minister of Justice Johan Nordenfalk. Roos was the only girl in her family and had a tumultuous upbringing, reflected in her work.[1] Her childhood summers were spent with her grandmother, Baroness Maria Nordenfalk, at Blekhem.[2]

She was said to have been a voracious reader and learner. She was educated at the Högre lärarinneseminariet in Stockholm in 1879–1881. Roos was involved in the arts but her passion was for writing. Roos was a popular children's author, illustrator and songwriter.[3] Her best-known books are and (from), set in the village of Kålåkers in Törnsfall parish in eastern Småland; her mother was born and raised at Blekhem in Törnsfall, where her family had roots. The books were part of the series, published by and Fridtjuv Berg.

Roos also wrote children's songs, such as Blåsippan ute i backarna står and, and she was also a playwright, writing both story plays and short historical scenes for children.

She was an early member of the women's association Nya Idun and was the president of the literary society Samfundet De Nio.[4] [5] Roos was editorial secretary of cultural journal from 1898 to 1902.

She died in Bombay, India, in 1938.

Selected publications

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nordlinder . Eva . Anna Maria Roos . 2022-04-18 . Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon.
  2. Sällsamheter i Småland, part 2, p. 120
  3. http://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/roos-anna-maria/ "Anna Maria Roos (1862−1938)"
  4. Web site: 2015-04-13 . Anna Maria Roos . 2022-04-18 . nyaidun.se . sv-SE.
  5. Web site: Nordlinder . Eva . Anna Maria Roos . 2022-04-18 . Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon.