Anna Nilsson

Anna Alida Theresia Nilsson (1869–1947) was a Swedish drawing teacher, suffragist, and peace activist. Based in Malmö from 1902, she was active in many associations including those dealing with education, women's rights and the women's movement in Sweden. After the end of World War I, in 1919 she was active in the Swedish branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). In 1923, together with Matilda Widegren and others, she established Nordiska Lärares Fredsförbund. After retiring from teaching in 1929, she travelled widely across Europe in support of the WILPF, distributing her pamphlet "ABC of the Peace Movement. Dates and Facts" in many different languages.