Helena Charlotta Åkerhielm (; 1786 – 7 April 1828) was a Swedish dramatist and translator. She was the daughter of count Samuel af Ugglas and Carolina Wittfoth and married baron Gustaf Fredrik Åkerhielm (1776–1853) in 1807. Her spouse was director of the

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in 1818–23, and like him, she was genuinely interested in the dramatic art and active as a playwright and translator there. She co-wrote the tragedy ''Engelbrekt'' in collaboration with her spouse, which was staged at the Royal Dramatic theatre in 1820; the play was successful and was played at the theatre seventeen times until 1841. She also translated the plays ''Värdshuset, eller det lyckliga äventyret'' (1819), ''De begge svartsjuke'' (1820) and ''Maria Stuart'' (1820), all of them from French, which were all staged with good critique on the royal theatre. She was the first woman to have her own play staged at the Royal Dramatic theatre, and together with Jeanette Granberg one of only two female playwrights to have their plays staged at the Royal Dramatic theatre before 1863.

References

* Nordin Hennel, Ingeborg: ''Mod och försakelse: liv- och yrkesbetingelser för Konglig Theaterns skådespelerskor 1813–1863'' (Gidlund, 1997) * Anreps ättartavlor {{DEFAULTSORT:Åkerhielm, Helena Charlotta 1786 births 1828 deaths Swedish translators 19th-century Swedish translators Swedish women dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Swedish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Swedish women writers Translators to Swedish