Hélène Edlund
Hélène Sofie Edlund (20 October 1858 30 June 1941) was a Swedish photographer. In the 1890s, Edlund collaborated with Artur Hazelius documenting the buildings and nature of Skansen. Her nineteenth century photographs of folk costume are used to decorate locker doors in the Nordic Museum.
Hélène Edlund

Hélène Edlund (Swedish, 1858-) SE/NMF5053 · This file was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the Nordiska museet as part of a cooperation project with Wikimedia Sverige. · Public domain
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- 1858 · Lindesberg.
- Died
- 1941 · Danderyd Municipality.
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- Sweden
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- photographer
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Hélène Sofie Edlund (20 October 1858 30 June 1941) was a Swedish photographer. In the 1890s, Edlund collaborated with Artur Hazelius documenting the buildings and nature of Skansen. Her nineteenth century photographs of folk costume are used to decorate locker doors in the Nordic Museum.
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Born at Lindesberg in 1858, died in Danderyd Municipality in 1941.
Hélène Edlund (1858–1941) was a Swedish photographer.

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1858
Hélène Edlund was born on 20 October 1858.
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Hélène Edlund died at Danderyd Municipality.
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- 1.Acta Societatis Skytteanae,
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