Background
Margaretha Heijkensköld was the daughter of the noble Councillor Detlof Heijkensköld the Younger (1751–1824) and Lovisa Ulrica Victorin (1756-1825).
Margaretha Heijkensköld was the daughter of the noble Councillor Detlof Heijkensköld the Younger (1751–1824) and Lovisa Ulrica Victorin (1756-1825).
She attracted a lot of attention from her contemporaries by her journeys. Late in life, she inherited a fortune, which she used to finance her interest in foreign travel and the study of foreign culture. She visited Paris, Vienna and Italy before she traveled in the Middle East.
She died in Romla in Syria after a visit in Jerusalem.
Notes and drawings from her travels are preserved. In 1816 Margaretha Heijkenskjöld introduced a new Folk costume, the so-called Hälleforsdräkten on her father"s initiative, to "curb the luxury and benefit social equality".
She was described as an independent person with a great ability to adapt.