▁when ▁Anna ▁Elisabeth ▁Ba er ▁and ▁two ▁other ▁women ▁pet ition ed ▁to ▁vote ▁in ▁Å bo ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 1 , ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁allowed ▁to ▁do ▁so ▁by ▁town ▁officials . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 5 8 , ▁women ▁were ▁ex cluded ▁from ▁mayor al ▁elections ▁by ▁a ▁new ▁reg ulation ▁by ▁which ▁they ▁could ▁no ▁longer ▁be ▁defined ▁as ▁burg h ers , ▁but ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁was ▁kept ▁in ▁the ▁national ▁elections ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁coun tr ys ide ▁parish ▁elections . ▁Women ▁participated ▁in ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁eleven ▁national ▁elections ▁held ▁up ▁until ▁ 1 7 5 7 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 7 2 , ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁in ▁national ▁elections ▁was ▁abol ished ▁by ▁demand ▁from ▁the ▁burg her ▁estate . ▁Women ' s ▁suff rage ▁was ▁first ▁abol ished ▁for ▁tax pay ing ▁un mar ried ▁women ▁of ▁legal ▁majority , ▁and ▁then ▁for ▁wid ows . ▁However , ▁the ▁local ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁prohib ition ▁of ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁varied , ▁and ▁some ▁cities ▁continued ▁to ▁allow ▁women ▁to ▁vote : ▁in ▁Kal mar , ▁V ä x jö , ▁V ä ster vik , ▁Sim r ish am n , ▁Y stad , ▁Å m å l , ▁Karl stad , ▁Berg sl agen , ▁Dal arna ▁and ▁Nor r land , ▁women ▁were ▁allowed ▁to ▁continue ▁to ▁vote ▁despite ▁the ▁ 1 7 7 2 ▁ban , ▁while ▁in ▁Lund ,