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Emilia Maria Fogelklou-Norlind was a Swedish theologian and author.
She studied in Uppsala and then was a candidate in theology and an honorary doctor of divinity.
She had various teaching positions including as a lecturer at the teachers' college in Kalmar. After 1923 she took leave from lecturing to devote herself entirely to writing and lecturing. Later she lectured at the National Institute Högre_lärarinneseminariet and at the University of Stockholm. She was a peace activist and attended the Women's Peace Congress, also called the Hague Congress in 1915 and after the Second World War founded the Swedish Per Sundberg IAL. She collaborated with Nathanael Beskow in Birkagården. In 1932 she joined the Society of Friends. She wrote many important religious writings. From 1922 to 1929 she was married to the geographer Arnold Norlind. Her book about him are at the top of her authorship. Her letters are also interesting, such as correspondence with Elin Wagner, Dear Ili, dearest Elin.
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