Patricia Een

Patricia Een was born in Wiltshire, England and moved with her parents to Adelaide in 1927. She was educated at Presbyterian Girls College, now Seymour College. She attended Teachers’ College for two years, leaving in 1942 to marry. As Patricia Sprigg, she graduated BA in 1943, topping that year in Political Science. She worked in the History School in 1945 and 1946 under Professor Portus, reading essays and lecturing in History 1. In 1948 she left South Australia for London, where she worked for Future magazine and read law at Lincoln’s Inn. She moved to Sweden in 1951 to remarry. Her husband Gillis Een has been a Technical Director of Alfa-Laval, Science Counsellor at the Swedish Embassy in London 1982-1984 and lastly consultant in Biotechnology until retiring. They have two daughters, Kristina and Anne Marie, and 3 grandchildren. Patrician Een has been particularly engaged with her husband in their joint consulting company, and has also taught English to adult groups. Now happily retired, they travel often to southern Europe and fervently support the European Union (EU).