Pauline Ahlberg
Henriette Elisabeth Pauline Christine Ahlberg () was a Swedish author and critic. Biography. Born in 1851 to Johan Daniel Ahlberg, a doctor, and Louise Henriette Moll, a member of prominent merchant family of Dutch origins, Pauline Ahlberg was the youngest of six siblings. Ahlberg was educated at the "Hammarstedtska skolan", Sweden's foremost girls-school. In her youth she was widely travelled, spending time in both Germany and France, where she learned the local language. During her travels in France she met the French writer Victor Hugo, about whom she later wrote a book entitled "Victor Hugo och det  nya Frankrikeelhet" (Victor Hugo and the new France). Ahlberg subsequently wrote another book about the French Romantic poet Alfred de Vigny entitled "En romantisk skaldebild : Alfred de Vigny" (A Romantic Poetry: Alfred de Vigny). In July 1882 Ahlberg wrote an article in the French journal "La Nouvelle Revue" entitled "Une Poete du Nord - Henri Ibsen" (A Poet of the North - Henry Ibsen) regarding the social plays of Henrik Ibsen. As such Ahlberg was one of the first authors to introduce Ibsen to a French-speaking audience. Ahlberg wrote a further study for "La Nouvelle Revue" entitled "L'art scandinave et finlandais