Hertha (magazine)

Hertha is a Swedish-language women's magazine published by the Fredrika Bremer Association, named after Swedish writer and feminist Fredrika Bremer's novel Hertha. The magazine Hertha was founded in 1914 and was published regularly until 1999. Between 2001 and 2005 it was published digitally only, and in 2009 an anniversary issue was published in print. Since 2015, two issues are published per year.[1] It is the world's oldest feminist magazine, a continuation of Home Review founded in 1859.[2][3]

Hertha

The cover of the first issue of Hertha
Editor	Camilla Wagner (2019)
Categories	Magazine
Publisher	Fredrika Bremer Association
Year founded	1914
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish
Website	https://fredrikabremer.se/tidskriften-hertha/

Hertha was the successor to the magazine Dagny, which was started when Sophie Adlersparre founded the Fredrika Bremer Association in 1884. The magazine's history dates back to 1859, when Sophie Adlersparre and Rosalie Roos published Tidskrift för hemmet ('Home Review') to "give knowledge and insights to women in the spiritual sphere".

Hertha, like its predecessors Home Review and Dagny, contains association announcements, articles on current social, cultural, economic and ethical issues, and articles on gender equality.

The magazine's editor from its inception until 1932 was Ellen Kleman.[1] Among the writers for Hertha during its first decades were Elin Wägner, Emilia Fogelklou, Lydia Wahlström, Klara Johanson and Gurli Linder.[4] In the 2000s, contributors include Lawen Mohtadi, Ebba Witt-Brattström, Kristina Hultman, Barbro Hedvall, Kajsa Ekis Ekman and Parvin Ardalan (in the 2009–2014 print editions). Since 2019, Camilla Wagner has been the editor-in-chief.[5]