Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a ranar 29 ga Mayu 1858 a Skövde, Västergötland, Emma Carolina Helena Zickerman 'yar likitan magunguna Carl Peter Zickerman da matarsa Hedvig Amalia née Malmgren. An haife ta a Skövde tare da 'yan uwanta uku. Bayan karatun dinki da saƙa a makarantar da Abokan Hannun hannu ke gudanarwa a Stockholm, ta koma Skövde a 1886 inda ta koyar da fasahar zane-zane kuma, tare da haɗin gwiwar Agnes Behmer, ta buɗe shagon zane-zane da ke sayar da ayyukansu da ƙirar su. A shekara mai zuwa ta yi karatu a Gidan Tarihi na Kensington ta Kudu kuma ta ci gaba da nunawa a 1897 Stockholm Exposition
, yana karbar lambar azurfa.