Ingeborg Walberg
Ingeborg Walberg | |
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Born | Karolina Ingeborg Emerentia von Düben 12 December 1862 Överselö parish, Sweden |
Died | 17 March 1943 | (aged 80)
Nationality | Sweden |
Occupation | Missionary |
Parent(s) | Cesar von Düben Augusta Lilliestråle |
Ingeborg Walberg (née von Düben 6 December 1862 – 17 March 1943)[1] was a Swedish baroness and missionary.[2]
Life[]
Ingeborg Walberg was born in 1862 in Överselö parish.[3] Her parents were Cesar von Düben and Augusta Lilliestråle.[4] She was granddaughter of Anders Gustaf von Düben. Walberg was elected by Svenska kyrkans mission in January 1890, serving the Church of Sweden,[5] after she had left her role as private tutor for the children of the Witts family. She arrived in Ekutuleni in October 1892 to work at the Missionary Center in , Natal, and to assist missionary Fristedt, in his work with education and the orphanage's activities.[6]
In addition to her work as a missionary, she also collected several ethnographical objects. Which she later donated to the Swedish Museum of Natural History.[7]
She married Erik Gustaf Walberg in 1897, a priest and missionary at the missionary center in Ekutuleni.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Von Düben nr 139 - Adelsvapen-Wiki". www.adelsvapen.com. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ "Walberg, Carolina Ingeborg Emerantia (1862 - 1943) [sv] - KulturNav". kulturnav.org. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ "Överselö kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/ULA/11837/C/6 (1862-1875) - Riksarkivet - Sök i arkiven". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ Överståthållarämbetet, Skatteverket. Rotemännens arkiv. Rote 8 Roslagsroten DIa:208 (1878-1926) Photo 140 / Page 7a
- ^ "Missionsrörelsen - en kvinnorörelse: Birgitta Larsson om Jonas Jonsons nya bok om missionärerna". bblat.se (in Swedish). 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ Sarja, Karin (2002). Ännu en syster till Sydafrika (PDF).
- ^ "1907.17 :: Walberg, I." collections.smvk.se. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ "541 (Sveriges statskalender / 1915)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- 1862 births
- 1943 deaths
- Female Christian missionaries
- Swedish Christian missionaries
- Swedish people of German descent
- Swedish nobility
- 19th-century Swedish people
- Swedish women educators
- Swedish ethnographers
- Von Düben family