Josefina Wettergrund

Josefina Leontina Amanda Wettergrund, née Lundberg pseudonym Lea (2 September 1830, in Ronneby – 8 March 1903, in Stockholm), was a Swedish writer and poet. She was the editor of the family magazine Svalan in 1871–75.

Life
She was born to the custom official Carl Gustaf Kjellberg and Ulrika Lundberg. She was active as a governess and managed a girl school in Ronneby in 1850–1857 before she married the telegrapher Wilhelm Wettergrund and moved to Kalmar. From 1866, she lived in Stockholm.

She debuted as a published poet in 1858, and continued to contribute to various magazines and papers. In 1871–75, she edited the weekly family magazine Svalan, where August Strindberg debuted as a novelist. She was a well known and popular writer in contemporary Sweden, and admired particularly for her ability to depict the defects of human character with humor.

Works

 * Småbitar på vers och prosa. Stockholm: Brudin. 1858–1869.
 * Tant Fridas minnesblad: novell. Stockholm: Flodin. 1866. Libris 1585942
 * Blommor för dagen: tre berättelser. Stockholm: Flodin. 1868. Libris 1585941
 * En trip till Bleking. 1872. Libris 10051341
 * Logogryfer, äldre och nyare. Stockholm: Bonnier. 1879. Libris 1601571
 * Ett fågelpar: berättelse. Öreskrifter för folket, 99-1474700-0 ; 115. Stockholm: Bonnier. 1882. Libris 1601991 – Med tre illustrationer av Victor Andrén.
 * Sven Vandring: berättelse. Öreskrifter för folket, 99-1474700-0 ; 121. Stockholm: Bonnier. 1882. Libris 8835304 – Med trenne teckningar av C.G. Hellqvist
 * ”Ett par Ronnebybilder: 1 från "Lycksalighetens ö" : 2 Karön”. Svea : folk-kalender "1884,": sid. [153]-164. 1883. Libris 10649515
 * Småherrskap: verklighetsbilder i fotografi från barnens krets. Stockholm: Bonnier. 1884. Libris 1601572
 * Små bref till under- och öfverklassfolk från bror och syster. Linköping: Sahlström. 1890. Libris 1621683 – Medförfattare: Isidor Kjellberg.