death_place death_date birth_place citizenship nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
menton , france 1866 alster parish in the karlstad municipality , sweden sweden swedish 1801 brita sofia hesselius
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brita sofia hesselius

brita sofia hesselius -lrb- 1801-1866 -rrb- was a swedish daguerreotype photographer .
she was likely the first professional female photographer of her country .
hesselius was born in alster parish in the karlstad municipality as the daughter of olof hesselius , inspector of an estate , and anna katarina roman .
from 1845 to 1853 , she managed a girl school in karlstad .
in parallel , she was active with a daguerreotype photographic studio .
she was as such the first professional female photographer of her country : before hedvig söderström , the first female photographer who opened a studio in stockholm in 1857 , who was long believed to be the first .
the painter marie kinnberg also performed photography as an assistant and student of bendixen and adolph meyer in gothenburg in 1851 .
hesselius also performed portraits in oil .
in 1853 , she moved to stockholm , and eventually to france , where she died in menton .
