Eva Ekeblad was a Swedish agriculturist and salon hostess. She discovered a method to make alcohol and flour from potatoes, significantly reducing Sweden's incidence of famine. She became the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
- Occupation
- salonnière, land owner, botanist, chemist
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Born
- July 10, 1724
- Died
- May 15, 1786
