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Lis Asklund was born on 23 March, 1913, is a Swedish sex educator. Discover Lis Asklund's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

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Occupation Sex educator, presenter, and author
Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 23 March, 1913
Birthday 23 March
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Date of death 2006
Died Place Stockholm, Sweden
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Who Is Lis Asklund's Husband?

Her husband is Erik Asklund (div. 1980)

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Children Malin, Jonas

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1913

Louise Viveka Ulrika Asklund, (born Lagercrantz, known by the nickname Lis), (March 23, 1913January 12, 2006) was a Swedish sex educator, television and radio presenter, and author.

Born in 1913, Lis Asklund's father was a former naval officer who ran a peat factory who later ran an insurance company and a bank.

She was one of five children that her parents had together, with her father also later having three children after remarrying.

Her brother, Olof Lagercrantz, went on to become a prominent author.

Her father wished his daughters to gain education and opportunities to his sons, and Lis Asklund gained her school-leaving certificate at the Wallin school in Stockholm after moving there.

1933

From 1933 to 1936 Lis Asklund trained as a nurse with the Swedish Red Cross at Sabbatsberg hospital, before going on to spend a year in London with the Florence Nightingale International Foundation, where she studied a broad range of subjects related to sociology, psychology, ethics, philosophy, and healthcare.

She also gained practical experience working in the poor East End of London.

1938

After returning to Sweden in 1938, Lis Asklund became one of only two hospital almoners (essentially social workers working within hospitals) working in Sweden at the time.

The first law legalising abortion in Sweden had been introduced under the Abortion Act of 1938, however this only allowed abortion under very limited circumstances.

This had led to women seeking dangerous illegal back-street abortionists as they were not able to have legal abortions.

1940

In the same year as starting work as an almoner in Sweden, Lis Asklund also met Erik Asklund, with whom she was married in 1940.

Erik Asklund was an author, and their social circle included a number of Swedish literary and cultural figures of the time, including Ivar Lo-Johansson, Nils Ferlin, Gunnar Ekelöf, Stig Åsberg, and Tora Dahl.

The feminist journalist Elise Ottesen-Jensen (known by her pen-name Ottar) approached Lis Asklund in 1940 to establish an office for the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (Riksförbund för sexuell upplysning) where women could go for advice and could therefore be steered away from dangerous abortionists.

Part of this involved helping women apply to have an abortion, though in the early years many applications were rejected.

Lis Asklund worked voluntarily in this office in the evenings alongside her work as an almoner.

Two years after the establishment of this office, Asklund established a further sexual health advice centre for Stockholm city, together with a colleague.

1946

The couple went on to have a daughter (Malin) in 1946 and a son (Jonas) in 1951.

Her efforts bore partial fruit in 1946 when socio-economic grounds were allowed as a reason for having an abortion, which increased the number of successful applications for abortions to roughly half.

1949

She continued as an almoner until 1949.

1950

Lis Asklund campaigned for the relaxation of abortion laws in Sweden and was a witness before a census enquiry on abortions, and later the 1950 official enquiry into abortion.

1956

In 1956, Lis Asklund began appearing on the weekly radio programme Människor emellan (Between People) broadcast by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation.

On the show, Asklund answered letters from listeners asking for advice about various personal problems, such as, for example, a married man with a family who claimed to be addicted to pornography.

1959

Asklund also appeared on other radio programmes, including a 1959 report into conditions at the Eugeniahem disabled children's home in Stockholm where she reported harsh conditions and strict punishments being meted out to children for minor infractions.

A state commission tried to stop the broadcasting of the programme, howevert this attempt instead resulted in the Swedish radio act being amended to include a specific mandate to broadcast socially important works.

1961

The report was followed by an official inquiry in 1961 which confirmed her findings, and the home was subsequently shut down.

1965

Asklund also hosted a television fundraiser in 1965 that funded the construction of 300 homes for disabled people.

1966

Asklund had a number of books published during her life, including Vägen till mognad (The Road To Maturity) in 1966 with Torsten Wickbom which focused on equality of the sexes, Samtal är arbete (Conversations are work) on the importance of doctors talking to their patients, and her memoir Uppbrott in 1986.

1968

Asklund appeared on the programme until 1968, receiving roughly 100 letters a week (80% from women) and reaching a weekly audience of roughly 700,000 people.

1970

During the 1970s Asklund was introduced to the Fountain House model of treating mental illnesses in New York, where mental health issues are treated in the community in a clubhouse, rather than necessarily in a clinical setting.

1975

In 1975 abortion in Sweden became available on demand up to the 18th week of pregnancy.

1978

Asklund was awarded the Socrates Prize in 1978.

The prize was awarded for Asklund's "many years of socially critical activities as a reporter and producer on radio and television".

1979

Asklund subsequently introduced the model to Scandinavia, starting the Swedish Fountain House Foundation in 1979, assisting in the founding of several branches within Sweden, and becoming an honorary member of two Swedish clubhouses.

1986

Lis Asklund later described her marriage to Erik Asklund as unhappy in her 1986 biographical book Uppbrott (Departure), and they were eventually divorced in 1980.