Mary von Rosen
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Mary von Rosen (1886 -1967) was born in Sweden
. She was the third of the five daughters of Baron Carl Fock and the elder sister of Carin Göring
. She was married to Eric von Rosen
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Mary von Rosen was one of the founders of the Societas Sanctae Birgittae
(SSB), a Lutheran High Church
society in Church of Sweden
and she was the first Mother Superior of SSB from 1920 to 1964.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. She was the third of the five daughters of Baron Carl Fock and the elder sister of Carin Göring
Carin Göring
Carin Axelina Hulda Göring was the Swedish first wife of Hermann Göring.She was born Carin Fock in Stockholm in 1888. Her father Commander Baron Carl Fock was a Swedish Army colonel, from a family who had immigrated from Westphalia. Her mother, Huldine Fock Carin Axelina Hulda Göring (21 October...
. She was married to Eric von Rosen
Eric von Rosen
Count Carl Gustaf Bloomfield Eric von Rosen was a Swedish Honorary doctor, patron, explorer and ethnographer....
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Mary von Rosen was one of the founders of the Societas Sanctae Birgittae
Societas Sanctae Birgittae
Societas Sanctæ Birgittæ is a High Church Lutheran religious society with character of third order for priests and laity, men and women in the Church of Sweden....
(SSB), a Lutheran High Church
High Church Lutheranism
"High Church Lutheranism" is the name given in Europe for the 20th century Lutheran movement that emphasizes worship practices and doctrines that are similar to those found within both Roman Catholicism and the Anglo-Catholic wing of Anglicanism...
society in Church of Sweden
Church of Sweden
The Church of Sweden is the largest Christian church in Sweden. The church professes the Lutheran faith and is a member of the Porvoo Communion. With 6,589,769 baptized members, it is the largest Lutheran church in the world, although combined, there are more Lutherans in the member churches of...
and she was the first Mother Superior of SSB from 1920 to 1964.