Sara Augusta Malmborg

Sara Augusta Malmborg, née von Gertten (20 May 1810, Björsbyholm in Sunne in Värmland - 10 August 1860, Våxnäs) was a Swedish singer, pianist and painter.

Malmborg was born to colonel lieutenant nobleman Emil Adam von Gerdten (1772-1844) and Charlotta Ulrika Catarina Löwenhielm (1786-1875) and niece of governor Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm. In 1830, she married general Otto August Malmborg.^[1][2]

She was described:

"The wife of General Malmborg, née von Gerdten, was richly talented by in mind as well as the heart and although she had a great household to manage, was still the center figure of the musical life of

Beethowen. She was additionally a talented painter and her specialty was to paint in sepia."^[3]

Malmborg was inducted as nr 372 of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music on 30 November 1858.^[1]

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