![](https://images.prismic.io/oliviaplender/5effa4f5-777c-47ab-8d4f-d1af3b353f16_02oliviaplender_100yearsofdemocracy_swedishembassymoscow.jpg?ixlib=gatsbyFP&fit=max&auto=compress%2Cformat&q=100&w=8192&fm=webp)
Nelly Thüring, Bertha Wellin, Agda Östlund, Kerstin Hesselgren, Elisabeth Tamm, 2021
printed banner, ‘100 Years of Democracy – The First Women in Parliament, 1921’, Swedish Embassy, Moscow
A series of drawings commissioned by the Swedish embassy, Moscow, celebrating the centenary of the first five women to enter parliament in Sweden.
![](https://images.prismic.io/oliviaplender/c559f138-9780-41f6-a227-a9a46c04713c_04oliviaplender_100yearsofdemocracy_swedishembassymoscow_nellythuring.jpg?ixlib=gatsbyFP&fit=max&auto=compress%2Cformat&q=100&w=8192&fm=webp)
Nelly Thüring, 2021
pencil on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm
![](https://images.prismic.io/oliviaplender/c3036508-64cc-41a7-9511-3327496eaff2_03oliviaplender_100yearsofdemocracy_swedishembassymoscow_berthawellin.jpg?ixlib=gatsbyFP&fit=max&auto=compress%2Cformat&q=100&w=8192&fm=webp)
Bertha Wellin, 2021
pencil on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm
![](https://images.prismic.io/oliviaplender/93f0b9f4-f978-4485-8187-5e82f2594e08_05oliviaplender_100yearsofdemocracy_swedishembassymoscow_agdaostlund.jpg?ixlib=gatsbyFP&fit=max&auto=compress%2Cformat&q=100&w=8192&fm=webp)
Agda Östlund, 2021
pencil on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm
![](https://images.prismic.io/oliviaplender/99d3cec4-65ca-4050-8c77-75b26b222dd4_07oliviaplender_100yearsofdemocracy_swedishembassymoscow_kerstinhesselgren.jpg?ixlib=gatsbyFP&fit=max&auto=compress%2Cformat&q=100&w=8192&fm=webp)
Kerstin Hesselgren, 2021
pencil on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm
![](https://images.prismic.io/oliviaplender/92f3209f-1f60-4a9a-b40a-379f3c5ce411_06oliviaplender_100yearsofdemocracy_swedishembassymoscow_elizabethtamm.jpg?ixlib=gatsbyFP&fit=max&auto=compress%2Cformat&q=100&w=8192&fm=webp)
Elisabeth Tamm, 2021
pencil on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm