Our Friend in the north: Torbjörn Söderquist on the writer and activist Elin Wägner

27 Jan 2022 | by Torbjörn Söderquist

‘For Wägner, peace with the Earth was the way to peace on Earth.’

‘We have understood that the world can be conquered. But never its splendour. When the conquest of the world is complete, all its splendour will vanish.’ | Photo: courtesy of the author

Elin Wägner is not well known in the UK. But in Sweden she is famous as a feminist writer and activist. She was also a Quaker, which deeply influenced her life, her writing and her longing for social reform.

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