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Else Kleen

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Female

Birthday

February 26, 1882(86)

Day of Death

December 21, 1968

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Else Kleen

Writing

Biography

Else Kleen was a Swedish journalist, writer, artiste and social commentator. She was engaged in social issues, and made reports on mental health care and prison care, and discovered the abuse of children and young people living in shelters. Else Kleen was married four times. Her last husband was Swedish Social democratic politician Gustav Möller, credited as the father of the social security system and the Welfare state, also called Folkhemmet.