Christina Charlotta Cederström (; 2 March 176022 February 1832) was a Swedish

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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 in

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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

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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 Bror Cederström (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.

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