Elsa Alkman

Elsa Anna Maria Alkman, née Ahlström, was a Swedish women's rights activist, suffragist and writer. While living in Eslöv, she became an active member of the local branch of the National Association for Women's Suffrage (LKPR), lecturing, writing and organizing events. In 1916, she wrote a report on how Danish women had voted in a referendum after obtaining the right to vote. She continued to contribute to the extension of women's rights in the 1920s after Swedish women had achieved voting rights. In the 1930s, she and her husband settled in Norrköping where she played the violin and composed music for local concerts.