Anna Theresia Nilsson

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Anna Theresia Nilsson born Toarps Gård, Södra Säm, Sweden April 27, 1869 (d. 1947). Swedish peace activist, teacher, and writer. Sister of leading peacemaker Ada Nilsson. Delegate to International Women’s Peace Congress, The Hague, 1915. Active at League of Nations, Geneva. Wrote four books on peace: Data and Facts in the Peace Movement, 1924; From Two Battlefields, and A Third, 1933; Peace Movement ABC, 1934; Ten Happy Years Travelling in Peace Work, 1945. (photo sydsvenskan)