Short Biography

Find relations

Elín Briem

Birth name: Elín Rannveig Briem Eiriksdóttir

Also known as: Elín Briem Jónsson, Elín Rannveig Briem

Birth date:

October 19, 1856 • Birth Sign: Libra

Citizenship:

Iceland

Death date:

December 4, 1937 (81 years old)

Short Bio:

thumb|Elín Briem Elín Rannveig Briem (19 October 1856 – 4 December 1937) was an Icelandic teacher and writer who in 1889 published one of Iceland's most popular books, Kvennafræðarinn (The Women's Instructor). Principally a cookbook, it also provided advice to housewives on health, hygiene and economics. The work was based on the classes she gave to her students while headmistress of the girls college at Ytri-Ey near Skagaströnd in the north of Iceland.

Tags:

Arts and culture writer head teacher cookbook writer teacher Iceland