ABSTRACT

Using the same methods as she had applied to feminist issues, Anna involved herself in the peace movement. The solution of international conflicts by means of international law was a question which had preoccupied her for a long time. During World War I, she acted as an expert advisor to the committee that was working on a Nordic proposal for an international legal system. On the formation of the League of Nations, Anna was appointed Swedish delegate and thereby became the country’s first female diplomat. From then on and until her death in 1928, she was to spend many weeks of the year in Geneva or traveling on feminist or peace business. Her travels made life lonely for Knut and he complained endlessly about a feeling of restlessness and an inability to get on with his academic work. His last major scholarly study was the second part of Lectures on Political Economy, which he began when Anna started her legal studies.