Karin Allardt Ekelund (4 September 1895, Porvoo – 13 June 1990, Helsinki) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish literary historian and pedagogue. Her parents were schoolmaster and writer Anders Allardt and art teacher Johanna Elisabet Strömborg. In 1937 she married the artist Ragnar Ekelund (1892- 1960). She dedicated her life to studying Fredrika Runeberg. Her doctoral dissertation from 1943 was titled Fredrika Runeberg. En biografisk och litteraturhistorisk studie. The work was translated into Finnish by Helmer Winter and E. A. Saarimaa in 1945, and an abridged version adapted by Clara Snellman-Borenius was published in 1957. She was an active advocate of Swedish identity in Finland and worked for justice, women’s rights, peace, and a better future in a society free from fear. Source: Wikipedia (en)