Frideborg Winblad (1869-1964)

Frideborg Winblad (January 18, 1869 – November 30, 1964) aka Boj Winblad; Pioneering woman schoolteacher in Härnösand, Sweden, and Sweden's first female educational administrator.

Birth
Frideborg was the daughter of Anton Julius Winblad I (1828-1901), the church organist and the first schoolteacher of Ytterlännäs, Sweden; and Elsa Maria Elisabeth Näslund (1829-1907). Elsa's father was the vicar of Ytterlännäs. Frideborg was born in Anundsjö, Västernorrland, Sweden.

Siblings
Her siblings include: Johan Edward Winblad (1856-1914) who was a ship's mate that emigrated to Norway and married Salmine Sophia Severine Pedersen (1862-1914) then emigrated to the United States; Karl Israel Winblad (1857-?); Johanna Winblad (1859-1916) who married Per Olof Bernhard Wahlberg (1852-1927) a school teacher and church organist; Anton Teodor Winblad (1862-?); and Maria Elisabeth Winblad (1865-1937) who married Jonas Kempe (1861-1918). She also had a half sister: Antonette Kristina Winblad (1854-?) from the marriage of her father to Margareta Kristina Höglund I (1819-1853) aka Greta Stina Höglund, who died in childbirth.

Teacher
Frideborg graduated from the Teacher's School in Umeå at age 27. By 1890 she was living in Prestbolet with her parents, and working alongside her father. She moved to Härnösand on October 5, 1896, and lived at #137, 8th quarter in the city. In 1900 she was still living in Härnösand by herself and was working as a "Lärarinna".

Death
Frideborg died on November 30, 1964 at the Fristad Nursing Home, Härnösand, Västernorrland, Sweden. She was buried in Anundsjö, Västernorrland län, with her parents. Her obituary in Västernorrlands Allehanda on December 2, 1964 noted that: Former head (seminarierektorn) of a training college Miss Frideborg Winblad [of] Härnösand died on Monday this week at the nursing home Fristad, where she lived her last years. Frideborg Winblad was one of the country's women of distinction in infant school education. When the state authorities many years ago started to develop better education for infant school teachers and to create a new plan (undervisningsplan) for [all] education, Miss Winblad became the only female member of the committee. Her character made her popular among colleges, pupils and friends, whose thankfulness made them found a scholarship in her name on her 70th birthday.

Timeline

 * 1856 Birth of Johan Edward Winblad, her brother
 * 1859 Birth of Johanna Winblad, her sister
 * 1857 Birth of Karl Israel Winblad, her brother
 * 1865 Birth of Maria Elisabeth Winblad, her sister
 * 1866 Her parents move to Anundsjö, Sweden on January 24th
 * 1869 Born in Anundsjö, Västernorrland, Sweden
 * 1896 Graduated from Teacher's School in Umeå at age 27
 * 1896 Moved to Härnösand
 * 1901 Death of Anton Julius Winblad, her father
 * 1907 Death of Elsa Maria Elisabeth Näslund, her mother
 * 1907 Became director of seminary training college in Härnösand at age 38
 * 1914 Death of Johan Edward Winblad, her brother, in Norway
 * 1916 Death of Johanna Winblad, her sister
 * 1929 Retired at age 60
 * 1937 Death of Maria Elisabeth Winblad, her sister
 * 1939 Scholarship created in her name at age 70
 * 1964 Death in Fristad nursing home at age 95