Opening weekend: Komtemåtta—A Pioneering Safe Space for Women

Komtemåtta–A Pioneering Safe Space for Women Opens 10 April! Come to the museum for three days of guided tours, conversations and lectures focusing on education and female empowerment.

Thursday 10 April

16:00 Floor 2
Opening with introductions of all works by the artists and release of Ord&Bilds themed numner about the Womens Citizen School in Fogelstad. Presentation by editor Ann Ighe and writer Annika Öhrner.

Friday 11 April

17:00 Floor 5

Lecture by Sverker Sörlin about the importance of education.

Education (bildning) has been a central concept for the era of progress- a way for the individual to learn and grow since the enlightenment in the 18th century. The women who established the Women’s Citizen School in Fogelstad understood this. Education makes it possible for us to overcome the limitations that nation, gender, ethnicity and other identities encompass.

In a time where dark shadows spread across the world, education is more important than ever. We have more knowledge than ever before-but we know less and less together. There is a need for an updated understanding about the important history of public education (folkbildning), and the role it plays in all our lives. It sets us free and makes for safer societies.

Sverker Sörlin is an historian and author. He is an internationally renowned professor in environmental history at KTH, and a well liked public educator. He has recently published the book Snö: en historia (Snow: A History).

Saturday 12 April

12:00 Floor 2
Maria Lind and Hanna Nordell introduces the exhibition. Presentation by Jakob Derkert about Siri Derkert and the Women’s Citizen School.

12:45 Floor 2
Round table conversation with the participating artists Petra Bauer, Åsa Elzén, Susanne Ewerlöf, Olivia Plender, Åsa Sonjasdotter and Anders Sunna. Moderator Paulina Sokolow.

14:00 Floor 2
Conversation on the archive KvinnSam with AnnaLena Bergquist, Birgitta Andréasson and Hanna Nordell.

14:30 Floor 2
Presentation and conversation about the women from Norrbotten who attended the Women’s Citizen School with Karin Tjernström, archivist att arkivcentrum Norrbotten and Emma Pettersson Juntti, producer and mediator at Kin.

Image 1: Siri Derkert. Komtemåttakören, 1943-54
Image 2: Susanne Ewerlöf. Hej Karin!, 2023