Nancy Edberg
Nancy Edberg | |
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Born | Nancy Fredrika Augusta Edberg 12 November 1832 |
Died | 11 December 1892 |
Known for | Pioneer in the introduction of swimming and ice skating for women in Sweden and Europe |
Spouse | Carl Andrésen |
Nancy Fredrika Augusta Edberg (12 November 1832 in
Biography
Nancy Edberg was taught to swim by her father. At this point, there was little physical education for females, one of few female role models being Gustafva Lindskog, the first instructor in physical education in 1818.
Nancy Edberg was employed as a swimming instructor at the newly founded bath house for women in
Louise of the Netherlands, then Queen of Sweden, and her daughter Louise (later Queen of Denmark) were among Edberg's students between 1862 and 1864, assisted by Hilda Petrini. The art of swimming was initially not regarded as being entirely proper for women, but when the Queen and her daughter supported it by attending the lessons, swimming was quickly made fashionable and became accepted for women.[3] The same thing happened when Nancy Edberg introduced lessons in teaching women to ice skate (1864); this was initially considered so improper that a covered fence was put up around the place where the lessons took place to hide the women from public view; but when the queen and her daughter themselves joined the class, ice skating quickly became fashionable and accepted for women, and the fence was pulled down.[3] Among her other students in swimming was the Princess of Wales, Alexandra of Denmark, and the Empress of Russia, Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark).[3]
At the swimming exhibition at Gjörckes simskola in Stockholm on 24 August 1864 "Mamsell Nancy Edberg displayed her skill in the art of swimming".[4]
In 1865, she introduced swimming for women in
She married the Danish lithographer Carl Andrésen (d. 1873) in 1867.Nancy Edberg was given a front page biography as a tribute for her pioneer work at the
Notes
- ^ svar.ra.se, Ytterjärna födda
- ^ svar.ra.se, SCB, Stockholm Maria döda, Andresén, Nancy Fredrika Augusta Edberg
- ^ a b c d e f g Idun (1890): Nr 15 (121)
- ^ Berg, P. G. & Stålberg, Wilhelmina (red.), Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor, P. G. Berg, Stockholm, 1864-1866
References
- Wilhelmina Stålberg:Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor
- Ossian Edmund Borg :Stockholms simsällskaps femtioårsfest 1877
- Stockholms Sjögård Maritim kultur: Skepps- och Kastellholmarna
- Claës Lundin:Nya Stockholm. (1890)
- Idun (1890): Nr 15 (121)