Christina Charlotta Cederström

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''Mörner af Morlanda'' (2 March 1760 – 22 February 1832) was a

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artist, composer,

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hostess, and baroness. Cederström was an honorary member of the

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, as well as an honorary member of the French

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Life

Cederström was born on 2 March 1760 at

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, Sweden. Her parents were

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Gustaf Mörner af Morlanda and Sofia Elisabet Steuch. In 1780, Cederström married Baron Axel Ture Gyllenkrok, Cederström was the mother of Axel Gustaf Gyllenkrok (1783-1865). The couple lived at

Björnstorp Castle Björnstorp Castle ( sv, Björnstorp slott) is a manor building in Lund Municipality, Scania, Sweden. It was built in 1752 and reshaped in 1860–1880, with its final appearance set in 1868, by architect Helgo Zettervall (1831–1907). Histor ...

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. During this period, Cederström wrote poems and a novel in the style of

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. She drew in ink and Indian ink and painted in oil. She wrote songs and composed music to them, the best known being ''Välkommen, o måne, min åldrige vän''. Cederström

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d Gyllenkrok in 1799. In 1800, Cederström married Baron

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(1754–1816), becoming the stepmother of Gustaf Albrecht Bror Cederström (1780–1877). The family moved to

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, where she established a

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and became a central figure in the city's cultural life. She exhibited oil paintings at the Swedish Academy. In 1803, Cederström was elected an honorary member of both the Swedish and French Academies of Art. She died on 22 February 1832.

References

Sources

* Wilhelmina Stålberg: ''Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor'' (notes on Swedish women)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cederstrom, Christina Charlotta 1760 births 1832 deaths Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts Swedish-language writers Swedish women poets Swedish poets 18th-century Swedish painters 19th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish writers 19th-century Swedish writers Swedish salon-holders Swedish countesses 18th-century Swedish women writers 19th-century Swedish women writers 19th-century Swedish women artists 18th-century Swedish women artists Christina Charlotta