[en] In this article, I seek to understand what folklore represents in a corpus ofSwedish literature written by women in the 1880s. These works are part of my research on the supernatural as a means of criticizing the subjection of Swedish women at the end of the 19th century. In my corpus, reflection on education is expressed through discussions between the sexes. The men, a doctor and a Grundtvigian educator, campaign for the right to education and personal development. The heroines of these stories ask the questions, but it is the men who present the new and egalitarian ideas and are devoted to making knowledge accessible to all. Thus, the teacher works hard in his school to instruct the peasants, both men and women and sometimes free of charge, in the belief that education serves the good of the country, inherent in these new ideas. But how is the question of education translated and expressed by the heroines? In this article I claim that folklore is used as a tool of persuasion in the question of education.