Life changes 1813-1857 # 35562
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Life Changes 1813-1857 by Benedicte Arnesen-Kall.
In Kvennablaðið 1. årg. 12.tbl. 1895 there is a memorial article about Fr. Benedicte Arnesen-Kall. It says, among other things, that Fr. Benedikte Arnesen-Kall was born in Slagelse in Denmark on 13 Nov. 1813. Her father was Páll Árnason, an Icelandic man, who was then rector of the learned school there (b. 1777, d. 1851), but her mother was of Norwegian descent. Páll Árnason is a well-known linguist and lexicographer, and was highly regarded among learned men, and after he moved to Copenhagen he was in close acquaintance with many of the leading men in Copenhagen and beyond, especially scientists. It was therefore natural that his daughter's mind was inclined towards academic studies, as she received a good upbringing.
After she came of age, she spent several years with Colonel Wilster and taught in his house. — Then she went on trips through Norway and Germany, and in Germany she stayed with her relatives for several years. Later she went on long trips around the world, and few women have been so widely traveled. She traveled through France, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey and east through Asia. — In 1867 she traveled through Iceland. — She then visited her paternal aunt, Mrs. Valgerði Briem at Grund in Eyjafjörður. — She writes with great goodwill about Icelanders in her travel book.
In Kvennablaðið 1. årg. 12.tbl. 1895 there is a memorial article about Fr. Benedicte Arnesen-Kall. It says, among other things, that Fr. Benedikte Arnesen-Kall was born in Slagelse in Denmark on 13 Nov. 1813. Her father was Páll Árnason, an Icelandic man, who was then rector of the learned school there (b. 1777, d. 1851), but her mother was of Norwegian descent. Páll Árnason is a well-known linguist and lexicographer, and was highly regarded among learned men, and after he moved to Copenhagen he was in close acquaintance with many of the leading men in Copenhagen and beyond, especially scientists. It was therefore natural that his daughter's mind was inclined towards academic studies, as she received a good upbringing.
After she came of age, she spent several years with Colonel Wilster and taught in his house. — Then she went on trips through Norway and Germany, and in Germany she stayed with her relatives for several years. Later she went on long trips around the world, and few women have been so widely traveled. She traveled through France, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey and east through Asia. — In 1867 she traveled through Iceland. — She then visited her paternal aunt, Mrs. Valgerði Briem at Grund in Eyjafjörður. — She writes with great goodwill about Icelanders in her travel book.