FB's lifelong friendship with Per Böklin
survived her refusal of his hand and his marriage to someone else. The influence he had on her thinking was shared by Stina, Countess Sommerhielm
, and the academic...
Literary responses
Fredrika Bremer
Two of FB's friends, Per Böklin
and Stina Sommerhielm
, both judged this work as well below her usual standard.
Stendahl, Brita K. The Education of a Self-Made Woman. The Edwin Mellen Press, 1994, https://archive.org/details/educationofselfm0000sten/mode/2up?q=%22geijer%22+%22stina%22+%22boklin%22.
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Travel
Fredrika Bremer
In 1835, with several published novels to her name, FB decided to go to live in Norway (which at the time was under Swedish rule): she initially intended this as a first step towards a...