Sara Wacklin
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Sara Elizabeth Wacklin, born 26 May 1790 in Oulu
(swedish: Uleåborg), died 28 January 1846 i Stockholm
, was a Swedish-speaking Finnish teacher and writer. She was the daughter of the district attorney Zacharias Wacklin (1754–93) and Katarina Uhlander (1759–1847).
Sara Wacklin studied in Finland and took a course for female teachers at the Sorbonne University in Paris in 1835. As one of the first female academics in Finland, she taught school for 37 years in Uleåborg, Turku
(swedish Åbo
) and Helsinki
. She was a pedagogical pioneer in the area of educating girls and founded four schools for girls, of which two burned down. She retired in 1843 and moved to Stockholm. She purchased a house in Köpmangatan 12, a plaque reminds today that she lived there. She wrote a popular book, A Hundred Memories of Ostrobothnia, with humorous and serious stories from Ostrobothnia
in the late 18th and early 19th century.
Wacklin died in 1846 of pneumonia.
Oulu
Oulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world....
(swedish: Uleåborg), died 28 January 1846 i Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, was a Swedish-speaking Finnish teacher and writer. She was the daughter of the district attorney Zacharias Wacklin (1754–93) and Katarina Uhlander (1759–1847).
Sara Wacklin studied in Finland and took a course for female teachers at the Sorbonne University in Paris in 1835. As one of the first female academics in Finland, she taught school for 37 years in Uleåborg, Turku
Turku
Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...
(swedish Åbo
Abo
Abo may refer to:* ABO blood group system, a human blood type and blood group system** ABO , enzyme encoded by the ABO gene that determines the ABO blood group of an individual* Abo of Tiflis , an Arab East Orthodox Catholic saint...
) and Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
. She was a pedagogical pioneer in the area of educating girls and founded four schools for girls, of which two burned down. She retired in 1843 and moved to Stockholm. She purchased a house in Köpmangatan 12, a plaque reminds today that she lived there. She wrote a popular book, A Hundred Memories of Ostrobothnia, with humorous and serious stories from Ostrobothnia
Ostrobothnia
Ostrobothnia refers to various areas in Finland:* Ostrobothnia , province of the kingdom of Sweden before 1809* Ostrobothnia , in modern Finland* Other regions in modern Finland:** Southern Ostrobothnia** Central Ostrobothnia...
in the late 18th and early 19th century.
Wacklin died in 1846 of pneumonia.
Books
- Hundrade minnen från Österbotten, Vol. I-II, 1844
- Hundrade minnen från Österbotten, Vol. III, 1845