Solveig von Schoultz


Solveig Margareta von Schoultz was a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer and teacher. She wrote poetry, children's novels, short stories, plays, and television and radio dramas.

Biography

Solveig von Schoultz was born in Porvoo in 1907 to Albert Segerstråle, a reverend, and Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle, a painter. She was the youngest of eight children. Her brother was the painter Lennart Segerstråle. She studied at the Nykarleby Seminarium during 1925–26, where she qualified as a primary school teacher. She worked as a freelance journalist for the Swedish-language newspaper Borgåbladet. In 1931, she married Sven von Schoultz, a lawyer, and took his surname under which she would publish for the rest of her career. She worked as a schoolteacher at Laguska Skolan, a private girls' school in Helsinki, from 1937 until 1972. In 1961, she divorced Sven von Schoultz and later married the Finnish composer Erik Bergman. She had two daughters, Ursula and Barbara.
von Schoultz made her writing debut in 1932 with the children's book Petra och silverapan. She was best known, however, for her poetry; she published 15 collections of poems between 1940 and 1996. Her first collection of poems, published in 1940, was titled Min timme, and her final collection, published in 1996, was titled Molnskuggan. The themes addressed in her poetry include existential issues, womanhood and motherhood. She also wrote numerous short stories, dealing mainly with love and relationships, which were published in anthologies including Ingenting ovanligt, Den blomstertid and Kolteckning ofullbordad. She also wrote fifteen radio plays, four television dramas, three theatrical plays and one novel.
von Schoultz won numerous awards for her writing: the Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize in 1947, the Swedish Academy of Finland Award in 1970, the Edith Södergran Prize in 1984, the Bellman Prize in 1986, the Nils Ferlin Prize in 1988, the Längmanska Prize in 1993, and the Samfundet De Nio Special Prize in 1996. Additionally, she won the five times, and was awarded an honorary PhD degree by the University of Helsinki in 1986. She published her memoirs, titled Längs vattenbrynet, in 1996, the same year that she died.
The Solveig von Schoultz competition is organized annually by Svenska Folkskolans Vänner. Short stories are submitted as competition entries every other year, and poems every other year.

Children's literature

Petra och silverapan, Helsinki, Schildts, 1932Nalleresan, Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1944Millaskolan, Helsinki, Schildt, 1961
  • * Milla-tädin koulu, Porvoo, W. Söderström, 1961
  • * Tante Millas Waldschule, Balve i Westf., Engelbert-Verl., 1963 ''''''

Teaching material

Vi på Solgård : läsebok för första skolåret, Helsinki, Söderström, 1949Mera om Solgård : läsebok för andra skolåret, Helsinki, Söderström, 1952Vår rättskrivningsbok, Helsinki, Söderström, 1956–1957Dikturval. 1, Helsinki, Söderström, 1958 Hos Lisa och Lasse, Helsinki, Söderström, 1962–

Lyrik

Min timme, Helsinki, Schildt, 1940Den bortvända glädjen, Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1944Eko av ett rop, Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1945Nattlig äng, Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1949Allt sker nu, Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1952
  • * Alles geschieht jetzt : eine dramatische Collage, Teatteri Avoimet ovet, 1997 'Nätet, Helsinki, Schildt, 1956Terrassen : tanka-svit, Helsinki, Schildt, 1959Sänk ditt ljus, Helsinki, Schildt, 1963Klippbok : äldre och nya dikter, Helsinki, Schildt, 1968De fyra flöjtspelarna, Schildt, 1975, ISBN 951-50-0094-7Bortom träden hörs havet, Schildt, 1980, ISBN 951-50-0233-8
  • * Puitten takaa kuulee meren : valitut runot 1940–1989, WSOY, 1991, ISBN 951-0-17419-X 'En enda minut : dikter 1940–1980, Schildt, 1981, ISBN 9515002419Vattenhjulet, Schildt, 1986, ISBN 951-50-0342-3Alla träd väntar fåglar : dikter 1940–1986, Schildt, 1988, ISBN 951-50-0439-XEtt sätt att räkna tiden, Schildt, 1988, ISBN 951-50-0449-7Snow and summers : , Forest Books, 1989, ISBN 0-948259-52-3 Samtal med en fjäril, Schildt, 1994 ISBN 951500649XMolnskuggan, Schildt, 1996, ISBN 951-50-0807-7
  • * Pilvenvarjo, WSOY, 1997, ISBN 951-0-22220-8Den heliga oron, Schildt, 1997, ISBN 951-50-0859-X
  • * Den heliga oron : dikter i urval 1940–1996, Schildt, 2007, ISBN 978-951-50-1715-4Den finlandssvenska dikten, Bonnier, 2001, ISBN 9100577324

Music printing

Adjö for soprano, flute and guitar, Finnish music information center, 1985Den heliga oron, Fazer, cop. 1996Ögonblicket : Op. 128 ; sång och piano, Fazer, 1997, cop. 1996

Fictional prose

December, Helsinki, Schildt, 1937De sju dagarna : Två barn skapar sin värld, Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1942Ingenting ovanligt : noveller, Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1947
  • * Heijastus ikkunassa, WSOY, 1987, ISBN 951-0-14277-8 'Närmare någon : noveller, Helsinki, Schildt, 1951Ansa och samvetet, Helsinki, Schildt, 1954Den blomstertid, Helsinki, Schildt, 1958Även dina kameler, Helsinki, Schildt, 1965
  • * Ja juotan kamelisikin, Porvoo, W. Söderström, 1967 'Rymdbruden : noveller, Helsinki, Schildt, 1970Där står du, Schildt, 1973, ISBN 9515000386Somliga mornar : noveller, Schildt, 1976, ISBN 951-50-0123-4Porträtt av Hanna, Schildt, 1978, ISBN 9515001773
  • * Hanna : äidin muotokuva, WSOY, 1980, ISBN 951-0-09348-3 'Kolteckning, ofullbordad, Schildt, 1983, ISBN 9515002818Ingen dag förgäves : noveller 1947–1983, Schildt, 1984, ISBN 9515003075Nästa dag : noveller i urval, Schildt, 1991, ISBN 951-50-0518-3Längs vattenbrynet, Schildt, 1992, ISBN 951-50-0518-3
  • * Pitkin vedenviiva, Söderström, 1993, ISBN 951-0-19016-0 'Påskebrev og andre finlandssvenske noveller, Museum Tusculanum, 1997, ISBN 87-7289-410-5Det som har varit, det som är : en brevbiografi, Schildt, 1999, ISBN 9515010225

Radio

Systrar, Yleisradio, 1988

Contributions to anthologies and magazines

Barndomshemmet i våra minnen : nitton finlandssvenskar berättar om sin barndom, Helsinki, Schildt, 1948Författarna berättar, Helsinki, Söderström, 1960Barn i böcker, Natur och kultur, 1977, ISBN 9127249778
  • "Främlingen" i Noveller nu : en svensk antologi från 50-tal till 70-tal, Prisma, 1978 ISBN 9151811324
  • "Den hösten", sidorna 105–107 i Porträtt av Vilhelm Moberg, Carlsson, 1993, ISBN 91-7798-708-X
  • "Träsket : en novell" pages 36–40, and "" pages 30–31, and the poem "Gäddan" page 21, i Om : Ordfront magasin, Ordfront, ISSN 0284-981X, 1995
  • "Det dubbla ljuset", pages 52–55 i Musik , Svenska rikskonserter, 1994-1998, ISSN 1104-957X, 1995:7Kvinnor runt Östersjön, En bok för alla, 1996, ISBN 9174488953
  • "Flyktingtåg", page153–154 i Flykten valde oss : dikter om att fly från sitt land : en antologi, En bok för alla, 1999, ISBN 9172210788

Translations by von Schoultz