Ingeborg Walberg

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Ingeborg Walberg
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Born
Karolina Ingeborg Emerentia von Düben

12 December 1862
Överselö parish, Sweden
Died17 March 1943 (1943-03-18) (aged 80)
NationalitySweden
OccupationMissionary
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[]

  1. ^ "Von Düben nr 139 - Adelsvapen-Wiki". www.adelsvapen.com. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  2. ^ "Walberg, Carolina Ingeborg Emerantia (1862 - 1943) [sv] - KulturNav". kulturnav.org. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  3. ^ "Överselö kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/ULA/11837/C/6 (1862-1875) - Riksarkivet - Sök i arkiven". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  4. ^ Överståthållarämbetet, Skatteverket. Rotemännens arkiv. Rote 8 Roslagsroten DIa:208 (1878-1926) Photo 140 / Page 7a
  5. ^ "Missionsrörelsen - en kvinnorörelse: Birgitta Larsson om Jonas Jonsons nya bok om missionärerna". bblat.se (in Swedish). 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  6. ^ Sarja, Karin (2002). Ännu en syster till Sydafrika (PDF).
  7. ^ "1907.17 :: Walberg, I." collections.smvk.se. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  8. ^ "541 (Sveriges statskalender / 1915)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-11-14.
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