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- Elisabeth Forsell (fl. 1747) was a Swedish weaver regarded as a pioneer within the linen industry in Finland, where she was active from 1739 to 1747. She introduced the spinning jenny and the linen weaver profession in Finland, and had an unusual position for her gender at the time, being a woman sent on government support and power of attorney to in effect introduce a new profession. In response to a growing need of yarn, the Stockholm authorities founded spinning schools in 1739. Finland, at the time a Swedish Province, was deemed especially suitable for the cultivation of linen, and a decision was made to appoint a spinning teacher on state expense to introduce the profession in Finland. Elisabeth Forsell, at that time a weaver at the factory in Haraker in Västmanland, was appointed to this position because she was deemed to be the perhaps best weaver in Sweden at that time. She was given a power of attorney to demand any assistance necessary from the Finnish authorities and a spinning jenny: this was not the English version, but a different model, constructed by Abraham Hedman of Kättsta. In Finland, she gave lessons in Åbo 1739–1740, and in Borgå in 1740–1747. Her students were likely exclusively women, as the profession of weaver was at that time customarily regarded as a woman's profession, and the majority of her students are described as maidservants, wives and daughters of craftsmen, though, reportedly, some women from the upper classes were also interested to learn the technique. She was met by some resistance from the local authorities and governor, often motivated by the controversy of a young woman using a power of attorney to demand assistance from the authorities. She is last mentioned in 1747; after this year, her life is unknown, but she is believed to have returned to Sweden proper, and left her weaving school to her student Juliana Garberg. (en)
- Elisabeth Forsell, död efter 1747, var en svensk vävare och textilhantverkare. Hon betraktas som en pionjär inom textilindustrin, särskilt inom linodling och linberedning, i Finland, där hon var verksam från 1739 till 1747. Hon tillverkade de första spinnmaskinerna i Finland och introducerade därmed maskinen i landet. Till följd av klagomål från faktorierna över bristen på garn grundade Manufakturkontoret i Stockholm spinnskolor hösten 1739. Finland bedömdes som särskilt lämpligt för linodling, och därför fattades ett beslut om att sända en rådgivare i linodling till Finland på Manufakturkontorets bekostnad. Elisabeth Forsell utsågs för den uppgiften som en av de bästa spinnerskorna vid i Harakers socken i Västmanland. Hon fick en fullmakt som gav henne rätt till assistans av Finlands landshövdingar och medförde en dittills okänd dubbelspinnrock, en uppfinning av Kättsas förman Abraham Hedman, och en härvel. Hon tog först emot elever i Åbo, och från 1740 i Borgå. Bland hennes elever fanns pigor, hustrur och döttrar till hantverkare, men även medlemmar ur överklassen. Hon möttes av en del motstånd från landshövdingen, som framställde klagomål på hennes ungdom. Hon omnämns senast 1747: därefter är det okänt vad hon gjorde, men uppges ha återvänt till Sverige. Enligt obekräftade uppgifter ska hon ha efterträtts av sin elev Juliana Garberg. (sv)
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- Elisabeth Forsell (fl. 1747) was a Swedish weaver regarded as a pioneer within the linen industry in Finland, where she was active from 1739 to 1747. She introduced the spinning jenny and the linen weaver profession in Finland, and had an unusual position for her gender at the time, being a woman sent on government support and power of attorney to in effect introduce a new profession. She is last mentioned in 1747; after this year, her life is unknown, but she is believed to have returned to Sweden proper, and left her weaving school to her student Juliana Garberg. (en)
- Elisabeth Forsell, död efter 1747, var en svensk vävare och textilhantverkare. Hon betraktas som en pionjär inom textilindustrin, särskilt inom linodling och linberedning, i Finland, där hon var verksam från 1739 till 1747. Hon tillverkade de första spinnmaskinerna i Finland och introducerade därmed maskinen i landet. (sv)
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