Ester Blenda Nordström was a Swedish journalist

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, author

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 and explorer. She often published here writings under the signature Bansai. In 1914 she published En piga bland pigor which was an early form of investigative journalism and received a lot of attention. She continued with investigative journalism and later wrote reportages about Lapland, USA and Kamchatka

Kamchatka Peninsula

The Kamchatka Peninsula is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of . It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west...

. She also wrote a few works of fiction. In her girl's book the protagonist develops towards independence, not with marriage as the primary goal as was usual at the time.

Nordström was married to René Malaise

René Malaise

René Edmond Malaise was a Swedish entomologist, explorer and art collector who is mostly known for his invention of the Malaise trap and his systematic collection of thousands of insects.-Early career:...

 between 1925 and 1929 and joined him in his exploring of Kamchatka in the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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, where she spent five years.