and the secretary of the executive committee of the Swedish Society for Woman Suffrage from 1903 to 1906. Within the suffrage movement, Holmgren's most important role was that of a speaker: she was the first member after the foundation of the movement to travel nationwide to speak, gather sympathisers and establish local sections of the suffrage movement, a task in which she made use of her wide network of contacts among former Uppsala students. On her 60th birthday in 1910, she was celebrated by the LKPR with a golden chain of 60 links, as she had founded 60 local branches of the women's suffrage society. She was awarded the Illis quorum on her 75th birthday. Holmgren was also vice chairman of (Swedish Women's Peace Association) from 1901 to 1910, honorary member of the Nordic Museum and the Philochoros Student Folk Dance Association (). After the LKPR was dissolved following the introduction of women's suffrage, Holmgren was one of the founders of the (Civic Society of Swedish Women) in 1921. Personal life Holmgren was active as a writer under the pseudonym "Märta Bolle". She published (1894) and (1896), both translated into the German language. Holmgren and her husband Frithiof Holmgren were the parents of eight children, including scientist Israel Holmgren (1871–1961). She died in 1940 and together with her husband was buried at the Uppsala old cemetery (). See also List of peace activists References Related reading Walborg Hedberg; Louise Arosenius (1914) Svenska kvinnor från skilda verksamhetsområden (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag) Ulrika Knutson (2004) Kvinnor på gränsen till genombrott (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag) Barbro Hedwall; Susanna Eriksson Lundqvist. red. (2011) Vår rättmätiga plats. Om kvinnornas kamp för rösträtt (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag) Further reading External links 1850 births 1940 deaths Swedish suffragists Swedish pacifists Pacifist feminists Swedish nobility Swedish women writers People from Uppland Burials at Uppsala old cemetery Ann-Margret Recipients of the Illis quorum