Klara Stroebe

Born in Freiburg im Breisgau on February 7, 1887, Klara Agnes Stroebe was a German scholar whose work moved between academic study and storytelling. Records connected with Wikidata and library catalogs identify her as a germanist, and she studied at Heidelberg University and later at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

She is best remembered for collecting, editing, and translating folklore, especially Scandinavian fairy tales. Her publications include Nordische Volksmärchen as well as English-language collections such as The Swedish Fairy Book and The Norwegian Fairy Book, which helped introduce traditional northern tales to a wider audience.

Stroebe died on October 16, 1932. Although little biographical detail seems to be widely preserved online, her surviving books show a writer and editor deeply interested in the old oral traditions of Europe and in passing them on to modern readers.