Elfving, Jenny (1871 - 1950)

Short name Elfving, Jenny
VIAF
First name Jenny
Birth name Elfving
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Date of birth 1871
Date of death 1950
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Vaasa, Vasa
Place of death Vaasa, Vasa
Lived in Finland
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Education Educated at home, Other
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Elfving, Jenny was ...
related to Ståhlberg, Ester
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Place(s) of Residence Finland
Receptions of Elfving, Jenny, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Mentioned in Suomalainen kirjallisuus 1911-1916.
Jenny Elfving founded a modern, high-quality gardening school for girls and financed it with her own money. The girls even wore trousers! She also designed gardens, wrote to magazines and educated herself abroad. Elfving also went to the commercial school. Later Elfving was forced to close the school because of economical problems. Not sister of Betty Elfving. JWaug14 No VIAF, CERL record to be made. JWDEC24