Wendela Hebbes hus, Writer's museum in Södertälje, Sweden
Wendela Hebbes Hus is a restored wooden building in Södertälje that features exhibition rooms upstairs where objects related to the writer's life are displayed. The ground floor contains a museum shop and a restaurant for visitors to use during their visit.
The house was given as a Christmas gift in the 19th century by newspaper editor Lars Johan Hierta to Wendela Hebbe, Sweden's first female journalist. It served as her home during a period when few women worked in such roles.
The house is named after Wendela Hebbe, who worked at Aftonbladet from 1841 and was among Sweden's first female professional journalists. Her daughter, the opera singer Signe Hebbe, is present through portraits and furniture from her estate. Since 2001, summer theatre has been staged in the courtyard, with actors such as Mia Poppe, Per Ragnar and Berit Carlberg performing.
The entrance, museum shop and restaurant are on the ground floor, with the exhibition rooms on the upper floor reached by a staircase hung with photo montages of the house's reconstruction. The summer theatre has been staged in the courtyard since 2001, so the outdoor space is in use on performance days.
The building originally stood in a different location called Snäckviken and was carefully dismantled and moved in 1985. It was then reassembled near a local park and opened as a museum in 1998.
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