| Previous Editor: | Lotten Dahlgren |
| Frequency: | Weekly |
| Category: | Women's magazine |
| Publisher: | Fredrika Bremer Association |
| Founded: | 1886 |
| Finaldate: | 1913 |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Based: | Stockholm |
| Language: | Swedish |
Dagny was a women's magazine that existed between 1886 and 1913 in Stockholm, Sweden. The title of the magazine bore the statement Utgifvet af Fredrika-Bremer Förbundet (sv|published by the Fredrika Bremer Association), indicating its publisher.[1] It was subtitled as Tidskrift för sociala och litterära intressen (sv|Journal for social and literary interests).[2] It is the first Swedish magazine which covered social issues from women's perspective and assumed a leading position in the suffrage movement in Sweden from 1903.
Dagny was launched in 1886 as a successor to another women's magazine, Tidskrift för hemmet, which was published from 1859 to 1885.[1] [2] [3] Its publisher was the Fredrika Bremer Association.[2] [4] According to doctor, son of doctor Salomon Henschen, the periodical was named after his sister, translator .[5] The magazine was headquartered in Stockholm and published on a weekly basis.[6] The editor of Dagny was Lotten Dahlgren, who held the post between 1891 and 1907.[7]
The page number of Dagny varied between 15 and 35 in the period 1900 to 1907 and was 12 from 1908 to 1913.[8] Its size was 22cm (09inches) from 1900 to 1907 and 32cm (13inches) from 1908 to 1913.[8]
Dagny folded in 1913 and was succeeded by Hertha, another women's magazine.[1] The full issues of Dagny have been archived in the Swedish National Archives and in the Gothenburg University Library.[1] [9]