Mathilda Roos

Swedish writer (1852–1908)

Mathilda Roos
Mathilda Roos
Born	(1852-08-02)2 August 1852 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	17 July 1908(1908-07-17) (aged 55) Danderyd, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	writer

Lovisa Mathilda Roos (pen name, M. Rs.; 2 August 1852 – 17 July 1908) was a Swedish writer.^[1]

Biography

Lovisa Mathilda Roos was born 2 August 1852, in Stockholm. Her parents were Malte Leopold Roos (1806–1882), a colonel at Svea Artillery Regiment, and Mathilda (Tilda) Beata Meurk (born 1821). She was educated at home and at Åhlinska skolan. Remaining unmarried, she lived with his sister Anna and sometimes also with Laura Fitinghoff, with whom she built the Furuliden house in Stocksund, which later became, as she had hoped, a rest home for women.^[2]

Roos was a member of the women's association Nya Idun and one of its first committee members.^[3]^[2]

Roos' novels usually dealt with women's issues and their unfair treatment in society. She was not afraid to address sensitive subjects at that time including lesbian love in Den första kärleken (The First Love). A religious crisis in the 1880s affected her later books. In the novel Hvit ljung (White Heather), she takes up the unclear living conditions of a teacher and rape. This is considered to have contributed to a government decision that greatly improved teachers' salaries. In women's political pamphlets, she addressed Ellen Key's ideas, Ett ord till fröken Ellen Key och till den svenska kvinnan (A word to Miss Ellen Key and to the Swedish woman), 1896. Roos died 17 July 1908, in Danderyd.

Selected works

Fiction

Marianne, 1881. OCLC 186221343 SELIBR 8221523
Vårstormar, 1883. OCLC 743195735 SELIBR 12755378
Berättelser och skizzer, 1884. OCLC 473092837 SELIBR 11828893
Hårdt mot hårdt : berättelse, 1886. OCLC 186227845 SELIBR 17419073
Höststormar: berättelse, 1887. OCLC 473092910 SELIBR 12755374
Lifsbilder: berättelser, 1888. OCLC 80099215 SELIBR 8222515
Familjen Verle: en skildring, 1889. OCLC 473092850 SELIBR 17062548
Saulus af Tarsus: en själs historia, 1890. OCLC 186104263 SELIBR 8203402
Genom skuggor: en nutidsskildring, 1891. OCLC 753088679 SELIBR 17062577
Oförgätliga ord: ett minne, 1891. OCLC 939702338 SELIBR 13489421
Strejken på Bergstomta: en skildring ur lifvet, 1892. OCLC 79713921 SELIBR 8222516
Helgmålsklockan: skildring från Norrland, 1896. OCLC 937305760 SELIBR 8233750
Karin Holm: en berättelse för mödrar, 1896. OCLC 677105843 SELIBR 8222997
Skepp som förgås i stormen: berättelse, 1896. OCLC 186221417 SELIBR 8221533
Från norrskenets land: sägner och tilldragelser, 1897. OCLC 14040922 SELIBR 8222760
Hägringar: berättelser, 1898. OCLC 838132451 SELIBR 18583809
Hvad Ivar Lyth hörde i fängelset: berättelse, 1898. OCLC 677104716 SELIBR 8222761
De osynliga vägarna, 1903-1904. OCLC 186262677 SELIBR 8228831
En springande gnista och andra berättelser, 1906. OCLC 186227237 SELIBR 8222413
Hvit ljung, 1907. OCLC 186229088 SELIBR 8222415
Maj: en familjehistoria : prisbelönt vid Iduns stora romanpristäfling år 1905, 1907. OCLC 186298871 SELIBR 8235335
En moders dagbok och andra berättelser, 1908. OCLC 30386728 SELIBR 8222412
När bladen falla: dikter, 1909. OCLC 83762106 SELIBR 1617016

For children and young readers

I vårbrytningen: teckningar ur barnens värld, 1891. Illustrated by Jenny Nyström. OCLC 186227861 SELIBR 8222513
Önskekransen: en berättelse för unga kvinnor, 1892. OCLC 186227895 SELIBR 8222518
Det roligaste af allt, 1893. OCLC 186227543 SELIBR 8222460
En liten tviflare, 1893. OCLC 677104545 SELIBR 8222461
Kärlekens hemlighet, 1893. OCLC 186227524 SELIBR 8222459
Ur barndomens värld: berättelser, 1894. Illustrated by Jenny Nyström. OCLC 186227891 SELIBR 8222517
Jul, 1894. OCLC 186227556 SELIBR 8222463
Det allra käraste, 1894. OCLC 186227549 SELIBR 8222462
Fader vår, 1895. OCLC 186229526 SELIBR 8222744
Tant Majkens berättelse, 1898. OCLC 186231298 SELIBR 8222985
Lilla "tröste-mor", 1898. OCLC 186231291 SELIBR 8222984
Guds änglar, 1898. OCLC 937111622 SELIBR 8222986
Djupets sagor: berättelser, 1901. OCLC 14040911 SELIBR 8223786
Glädjeblomster: berättelser för de små, 1905. Illustrated by Jenny Nyström. OCLC 186236137 SELIBR 8223787

References

^ Sveriges dödbok 1901–2009 Swedish death index 1901–2009 (Version 5.0). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2010. Libris 11931231
^ ^a ^b Levin, Hjördis. "Mathilda L Roos". Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ "Idunesen – vem var hon?" (in Swedish). 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2022-03-18.

Bibliography

Heggestad, Eva (1991). Fången och fri: 1880-talets svenska kvinnliga författare om hemmet, yrkeslivet och konstnärskapet. Uppsala: Avd. för litteratursociologi vid Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen, Univ. ISBN 91-85178-19-5 SELIBR 7746142 (in Swedish)
Förbjuden, olycklig kärlek (in Swedish)
Mathilda Roose, Svenskt författarlexikon: biobibliografisk handbok till Sveriges moderna litteratur. [1, 1900-1940]. Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. 1942. pp. 677-678. SELIBR 113133 (in Swedish)