Toini Topelius

Toini Mathilda Topelius was a Finland-Swedish journalist and writer for young people.

Life

Her parents were writer Zacharias Topelius and Emilie Lindqvist.
With her sister Eva she attended Svenska fruntimmersskolan, and then studied art in Stockholm.
Topelius suffered from impaired hearing and devoted herself mainly to literary themes in her painting.
She published Nya Trollsländan, a Swedish children's magazine, with Alexandra Gripenberg in the years 1885–1892 and 1891–1892 in Alta Dahlgren.
In Finnish she also published Waxwing magazine.
She published travel letters and served as reviewer of children's books.
Her novel I utvecklingstid was first published in Finnish. She also published collections of fairy tales.
In the late 1890s Topelius moved to Norway, where she lived for the rest of her years.

Works

I utvecklingstid. 1889
Julgubben: bilderbok med text, by Tea. Edlund, Helsinki 1889
Familjen Himmelstjärna och Sidensvahnska bolaget : 10-16-åringar tillegnade. Edlund, Helsinki 1892
Mietteitä naisesta ja siveellisyyskäsitteestä, esitelmä. Helsinki 1892
Sommarsjö och vintersnö : sagor och berättelser. Bonnier, Stockholm 1897
Sommarsjö och vintersnö : sagor och berättelser, andra samlingen. Bonnier, Stockholm 1900