Constance Ullner
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Constance Ullner | |
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 Atelier Rembrandt. National Museum of Finland, History's picture collection. | |
| Born | 20 March 1856 Vanta, Finland |
| Died | 13 January 1926 (aged 69) |
| Occupation | Writer |
Constance Maria Ullner (20 March 1856 in Vantaa – 13 January 1926 Helsinki) was a Finnish animal protection activist and writer.
Constance Ullner was born into an upper-class Swedish-speaking family in Helsinki. The parents were municipal councilor Robert Ullner and Anna von Kothen. Ullner attended a Swedish girls' school in Helsinki and in 1876 married the Swedish factory worker Theodor Gullberg, but the union ended in separation in 1878 and Ullner returned to Finland. After the marriage failed, Ullner graduated as a teacher, but as a divorced woman, she could not get a teaching job.[citation needed] Ullner participated in animal protection and charity activities.[1] In accordance with the animal protection thinking typical of the time, Ullner emphasized the education of children, which he carried out by giving lectures on the friendly treatment of animals in schools and associations. The Little Birds spring club founded by Topelius was so popular in schools that the number of members rose to 30,000.[citation needed]
She worked for 40 years in Helsinki as a postmaster, starting in 1888. Ullner was a prominent animal activist in Finland and the Nordic countries. She worked both as a public speaker and a writer, the latter also under the pseudonym Wanda. She also edited the publications Finlands djurskydd and Den lilla djurvänne.[2][3][4]
