L.A.S. to a Belgian teacher. 4 pp. two-sheet in-12, black ink, in French (central fold with tear without loss over 4 cm on the second page). - A moving reply from the famous Swedish author, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (in 1909), to a teacher who wrote to her about her famous "Journey of Nils Holgersson", read in class and greatly appreciated by her young pupils. "It was my intention in writing it [...] to teach my little compatriots to love their country. But it would be a very dear reward for my work if I could make it loved by foreigners too". - Attached: Hedin, Sven - L.A.S. to E. Lagermack. Nuremberg, 28-11-[19]09. 1 p. in-12, headed paper with his coat of arms and the motto "Voluntate et Labore" (slight soiling and traces of mounting on verso). Apology in Swedish (2 pcs)