Karen Syberg (born 1945) is a Danish author, gender researcher and feminist. In 1970, she was among those who founded the Red Stocking Movement in Denmark. She has since worked as a journalist and author of both fiction and non-fiction.[1][2]

Biography and education

Karen Syberg was born on 24 December 1945 in Odense, the daughter of Franz Adolf Syberg, an organist and composer, and Gudrun Karen Marie Rasmussen.^{[citation needed]} In 1997, she married Poul Erik Munk Nielsen, with whom she has one child, Kristian, born 1973.[1] She grew up near Kerteminde on the island of Funen. After matriculating from high school in Nyborg, she embarked on studies as a publicity draughtsman but gave them up after a year to study Danish and history in Copenhagen. She also abandoned these, taking up literature, in which she gained an M.A. in 1975.[2]

Feminism

While at university, Syberg helped to found the Danish Red Stocking Movement in 1970. She was also active in setting up the women's camp on Femø in 1971.[2]

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