Karin Allardt Ekelund
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Karin Allardt Ekelund (4 September 1895, Porvoo – 13 June 1990, Helsinki) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish literary historian and pedagogue. Her parents were schoolmaster and writer Anders Allardt and art teacher Johanna Elisabet Strömborg. In 1937 she married the artist Ragnar Ekelund (1892- 1960).[1][2]
She dedicated her life to studying Fredrika Runeberg. Her doctoral dissertation from 1943 was titled Fredrika Runeberg. En biografisk och litteraturhistorisk studie.[2] The work was translated into Finnish by Helmer Winter and E. A. Saarimaa in 1945, and an abridged version adapted by Clara Snellman-Borenius was published in 1957.[2] She was an active advocate of Swedish identity in Finland and worked for justice, women’s rights, peace, and a better future in a society free from fear.
Allardt Ekelund graduated from the Privata svenska fruntimmerskolan in Porvoo in 1914. She attended the University of Helsinki, receiving her Candidate of Philosophy degree in 1928, her Licentiate of Philosophy in 1942, and her Doctor of Philosophy in 1943.[2]
Her career began as a proofreader for the Holger Schildt publishing house from 1918 to 1928. She then worked as a teacher of Swedish and history at Tölö svenska samskola from 1930 to 1942, serving as the school's rector from 1933 to 1937. She later taught at Laguska skolan from 1942 to 1960. From 1952 to 1965, she was the curator of the J.L. Runeberg Home Museum in Porvoo. She was also on the board of the Society of Swedish Authors in Finland during the 1930s.[2]
