 She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909.Additionally, she was the first woman to be granted a membership in The Swedish Academy in 1914.Born at Mårbacka (now in Sunne Municipality), an estate in Värmland in western Sweden, Lagerlöf was the daughter of Erik Gustaf Lagerlöf, a lieutenant in the Royal Värmland Regiment, and Louise Lagerlöf ("née" Wallroth), whose father was a well-to-do merchant and a foundry owner ("brukspatron").