Dagmar Neovius 1867-1938

Dagmar Neovius was a Finnish educator and politician. A member of the Swedish People’s Party, she was elected to Parliament in 1907 as one of the first group of female MPs. She had three spells as an MP between 1907 and 1917. She was a member of the Naisasialiitto Unioni and was one of the founders of the Martha organisation. After returning to Finland, Neovius contested the 1907 elections on the Swedish People’s Party’s list in South Turku. She was one of 19 women elected to parliament and the only one from her party. She was re-elected in 1908.

Between 1909 and 1917 she was editor of the Nutid and Samtid magazines. She then worked as director of the Helsinki Bread Of ce until 1921. In 1922 she became an actuary at the Statistical Office, a job she held until 1927.
She died in Helsinki in 1939.