Anna Brita Wendelius, née ''Ramklou'' (1741–1804), also known as Wendelia, was a

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artist and singer. She was a member of the

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. Anna Brita Wendelius was married to a wealthy merchant, Anders Wendelius. She was known as a non professional musician and singer, and was also a published poet. She was one of only three females known to have been a member of the Utile Dulci, the other being

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.Ann Öhrberg: Fasa för all flärd, konstlan och förställning” Den ideala retorn inom 1700-talets nya offentlighet. Samlaren. 2010 In 1777, it is mentioned that she performed at one of the ceremonies of the Utile Dulci with her own written recitative and aria. In 1795, she was elected as a member into the Swedish Royal Academy of Music, together with Margareta Alströmer and

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* Anna Ivarsdotter Johnsson och Leif Jonsson: "''Musiken i Sverige. Frihetstiden och Gustaviansk tid 1720-1810'' (The Music of Sweden. The age of Liberty and the Gustavian age 1720-1810." * Ann Öhrberg: Fasa för all flärd, konstlan och förställning” Den ideala retorn inom 1700-talets nya offentlighet. Samlaren. 2010 1741 births Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music 1804 deaths Swedish women singers 18th-century Swedish singers 18th-century Swedish women artists 18th-century Swedish women writers Swedish women poets 18th-century Swedish poets Gustavian era people 18th-century Swedish artists {{Sweden-artist-stub