Elsa Fougt

Elsa Fougt, (1744-1826), was a Swedish printer, publisher, book importer and newspaper editor and an important figure in the literary market in the second half of the 18th century Sweden. Between 1772 and 1811, she ran the Royal printing and was responsible for the country's official print.

Fougt was the daughter of Peter Momma, royal printer, and the publisher Anna Margareta von Bragner. In 1762 she married the official Henric Fougt. When her parents died, both in 1772, Elsa and her husband took over their businesses, of which the most important was the Royal Printery, which they ran together until the death of her husband in 1782; as a widow, she ran the business herself and in her own name thirty years. She published French, German and Swedish drama and imported books fromSociété Typographique de Neuchâtel in Switzerland. She was also editor for the paper "Stockholms Weckoblad." She was a member in the order Amarenterorden, in which she gave memorial speeches, on Anna Charlotta von Stapelmohr and Beata Elisabeth Théel.

In 1811, she retired and was succeeded by her son Henric.

ee also

*Catharina Ahlgren
*Anna Hammar-Rosén
*Louise Flodin

References

*Anna-Maria Rimm, ”Elsa Fougt som Kungl. boktryckare”, "Samlaren" 2007
*Anna-Maria Rimm, ”Den kungliga boktryckaren, del 2”, "Biblis" 2005:31
*Anna-Maria Rimm, ”Den kungliga boktryckaren, del 1”, "Biblis" 2005:30