In 1840, at the age of 7, Josefine Stenbock was sent to Stockholm to live with Pastor Johan Fredrik Edgren and his wife Lovisa Dethmar and to attend their school. She lived with the Edgren family for four years (1840-1843). IMG-7937 Tack för hvar stund jag med dig delat, Tack för hvar dag jag haft med dig Om någon gång jag mot dig felat, Glöm […]
Cecilia’s Album: Augusta Rütterskjöld – A French Poem
Augusta Rütterskjöld was 16 years old when she sat down to copy the following lines on a card for Cecilia Koch’s memory album. IMG-7935 L’amitié vient du ciel habiter ici bas Elle embellit la vie et survit au trèpas (Friendship comes from the heavens and dwells below it embellishes life and survives death) The poem is actually the last stanza of a longer poem, “Même […]
