Ebba Boström
1844-1902.
Philanthropist, founder of the Samaritan Home.
Ebba Boström was born at Östanå Castle in Roslagen. She was interested in helping the sick at an early age and devoted herself to philanthropic activities. Between 1878 and 1881, Boström spent time in England to study Christian relief work and received medical training there. In London and Manchester she was associated with the evangelical revival movement.
In 1882, she moved to Uppsala, took over the Uppsala Moral Society's rescue home for girls, purchased new premises at her own expense and expanded the business by training future employees.
Boström also built an orphanage for "defenseless" (exposed, abandoned) girls.
A new hospital at Dragarbrunnsgatan 74 was completed in 1893 and named Samariterhemmet. She began training deaconesses there, and a house was purchased as a home for the students.
In 1899 Boström handed over the entire property to the Samaritan Home Foundation.
Ebba Boström's uncle is the philosopher Christopher Jacob Boström, who is also buried in the Old Cemetery.
Burial site: 0126-1165
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