Wilhelmina von Hallwyl [SEP] date of death
Wilhelmina von Hallwyl
Countess Anna Fridrica Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, née Kempe (1 October 1844 − 25 July 1930) was a Swedish collector and donor whose accumulation of art and other objects constitute the current Hallwyl Museum in Stockholm.
Biography.
Wilhelmina was born in Stockholm, the only child and heiress of the wealthy timber-merchant Wilhelm Kempe of Ljusne-Woxna AB. At the age of 20, she married the Swiss-born Count Walther von Hallwyl (1839–1921), a captain in the Swiss general staff who
his own design; it was completed in 1912 by the architect . A ceiling painting in the main house dates to Kronberg's residence there. Kronberg became known for his monumental works at Stockholm Palace and Hallwyl House, among others; after his death in 1921, Countess Wilhelmina von Hallwyl bought the studio and all its furnishings and donated it to the open-air museum at Skansen. A photograph of the interior is on the cover of ABBA's album "The Visitors".
Another daughter of Scholander, Anna, married