Ulrika "Ulla" Sofia Adlerfelt, née ''Sparre af Sundby'' (21 July 1736 – 1 August 1765), was a
Swedish
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artist (painter) and noble. She was a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
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.''Svenskt konstnärslexikon'' (Swedish Art dictionary). Red. Johnny Roosval & Gösta Lilja. Malmö: Allhems Förlag 1952.
She was born in
Stockholm
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, the daughter of Count Axel Sparre af Sundby and Augusta Thörnflycht and married to Baron Carl Adlerfelt. She was the student of
Gustaf Lundberg
Gustaf Lundberg (17 August 1695 – 18 March 1786) was a Swedish rococo pastelist and portrait painter. He trained and worked in Paris and later was appointed court portrait painter in Stockholm.
Biography
Lundberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden, ...
. She drew, and painted in oil. She died in
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...