Eva Dickson
Eva Dickson, Baroness Blixen-Finecke | |
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Steninge Slott, Sigtuna, Sweden | |
Died | March 1938 , Iraq |
Nationality | Swedish |
Known for | First woman to cross the Sahara desert by car |
Spouses |
Eva Dickson (born Eva Lindström; 8 March 1905 – March 1938) was a Swedish
Biography
Eva Dickson was the daughter of the wealthy Albert Lindström, who managed stud farms for horse breeding, and his wife Maria. She was raised at Ljung Castle.
In 1925 she married the rally driver Olof Dickson, great-grandson of James Dickson, but they divorced in 1932 as he didn't agree to her travels. Her travels attracted great attention, and she published several travel guides and descriptions of her experiences. She financed her travels by making bets with various wealthy society people.
In 1932 she met Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke – the former spouse of Out of Africa author, Karen Blixen. They met in Kenya and soon became lovers. After her meeting with Blixen in 1932, she took a bet and drove by car from Nairobi to Stockholm in 1932, thus becoming the first woman to have crossed the Sahara by car.[1]
In 1934 she was back in Kenya with Bror Blixen, where she participated in various scientific expeditions. The following year they both travelled to Ethiopia, where she covered the Abyssinia Crisis as a war correspondent for The Weekly Journal,[2] a Swedish newspaper. They left Ethiopia on mules, on a 2,000 kilometre trip back to Kenya.[1]
In 1936, the couple married in
On 3 June 1937, she started a car trip from
While in Calcutta she realised that she was running out of money. She also learned the news of the
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Populär Historia, 23 januari, 2009: Äventyraren Eva Dickson Archived 20 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish) Linked 2014-04-06
- ^ "Äventyraren Eva Dickson | Populär Historia". 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- Lena Wisaeus & Ann Bjerke: Eva Dickson – ett bedårande barn av sin tid (Eva Dickson - a delightful child of her time) (2000)
- Gunnela Edelstam, 20 januari 2012: Eva Dickson, en äventyrare (in Swedish)