Sigrid af Forselles was born to an upper-class family of
minor nobility; her father was the engineer, inventor, retired Colonel, and Director-General of
Metsähallitus, Alexander af Forselles, and her mother Emilie Sofie Jacquette Waenerberg. Her younger brother was
Arthur af Forselles, who later became a physician and politician. Her main interest already then was sculpture, but it was not formally taught in Finland at the time, so she studied drawing instead. After graduation, she moved into sculpture, training at first privately under the Finnish sculptor , and later, from 1882 to 1886, in Paris with
Auguste Rodin,
Alfred Boucher, and others. From there she moved to Florence to continue her studies for another four years. , 1902; on display at the Finnish National Gallery ==Career==