BREMER, FREDRIKA (1801-1865), Swedish novelist, was born at Tuorla, Finland, on Aug. 17, 18or. Her father, a wealthy iron master and merchant, purchased an estate at Arsta, about tom. from Stockholm. During a tour in central Europe in 1820-21, Miss Bremer became acquainted with Schiller's works, which made a deep impression on her. She had begun to write verses from the age of eight, and in 1828 she published the first volume of her Teckningar ur hvardagslifvet (1828). The second volume (1831), containing one of her best tales, Familjen H., gave decisive evidence that a real novelist had been found in Sweden. She increased her reputation by Presidentens dottrar (1834), Grannarne (183 7) and others. After her father's death in 183o she lived for some time in Norway, and in the autumn of 1849 went to America, returning through England. The admir able translations (1846, etc.) of her works by Mary Howitt se cured for her a warm and kindly reception. In her later novels Hertha (1856) and Far och dotter (1858) Fredrika Bremer ex pounded her views on the emancipation of women. In 1856 she again travelled, and spent five years on the Continent and in Palestine. On her return she settled at Arsta, where she died on Dec. 31, 1865.
See Life, Letters and Posthumous Works of F. Bremer, by her sister, Charlotte Bremer, translated by F. Milow (1868). A selection of her works in 6 vols. appeared at Orebro, 1868-72.