{"id":93184,"date":"2023-09-04T13:40:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T11:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/discover\/composers\/elfrida-andree-1841-1929\/"},"modified":"2023-09-25T10:31:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T08:31:49","slug":"elfrida-andree-1841-1929","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/discover\/composers\/elfrida-andree-1841-1929\/","title":{"rendered":"The Visionary who set Gothenburg in motion"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is said that the liberal visions in Visby in the 1840s shaped Elfrida Andr\u00e9e. She was determined early on and carved out a professional life for herself. To her help, she had father Andreas, provincial doctor in Visby who followed the debate on women’s rights in the Visby Weekly. He read up on the political events in countries such as England, Germany and France. Both his daughters had the talent to become successful musicians. What reason was there to stop them?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Elfrida Andr\u00e9e was born at S:t Larsgr\u00e4nd in Visby in 1841 and traveled to Stockholm as a 14-year-old to get an education. She began organ studies at the music conservatory, which only a few years earlier had started accepting female students. Two years later, she became the first woman in Sweden to graduate as an organist. When she then applied for a job, and was rejected, the desire to enter male territories only grew. She applied with her father’s help to become a telegraph operator. After a long correspondence with the Swedish Telegraph Agency’s director general, she got her way. She never entered a position as a telegraph operator, but now the opportunity was open to Swedish women.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt <\/span>would<\/span> be <\/span>easier<\/span> to <\/span>tear<\/span> a <\/span>piece<\/span> out<\/span> of<\/span> the rock <\/span>than<\/span> to <\/span>tear<\/span> from <\/span>me<\/span> my ideal <\/span>idea<\/span>: the Elevation <\/span>of<\/span> the <\/span>F<\/span>emale<\/span> family<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/h5>\n

–Elfrida Andr\u00e8e, 1870<\/span><\/p>\n

She finally got her first job as an organist in the Finnish Reformed Church in Stockholm, thanks to a law change. In 1867, the cathedral organist position in Gothenburg was advertised. Elfrida Andr\u00e9e applied in strong competition with seven men and got the position, as the first female cathedral organist in Europe. To Elfrida Andr\u00e9e’s side rushed, among others, editor-in-chief of Gothenburg’s Handels- och Sj\u00f6farts Tidning, the very liberal politician and writer S.A. Hedlund (1821\u20131900). Elfrida quickly became a member of his circle of friends.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Elfrida Andr\u00e9e stayed in Gothenburg for the rest of her life and remained the city’s cathedral organist until her death. By then she had served for 62 years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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