Alfhild Cnattingius

Cnattingius was born on 1 June 1847 in Skänninge, Östergötland, Sweden. Her father was alderman and mayor Claes Johan Cnattingius and her mother was Charlotte Stålhane.^[1] She became a suffragist and writer.

Cnattingius was president of the National Association for Women's Suffrage in Nora, Västmanland, Sweden.^[2] She was one of the first two women in the Nora city council (1912 to 1918).^[2] She also worked as a telegraph commissioner campaigned for workers to receive higher wages, through working in the local trade union.^[1][2]

Cnattingius wrote memoirs about Nils Ignell (1806–1864) [sv].^[3]

Cnattingius died on 1 April 1932 in Nora, Västmanland, Sweden.^[4]