Ulrika Widström
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Ulrika Carolina Widström (24 November 1764, in
translator
.
Early life and education
She was born to the organ manufacturer Peter Forsberg and Katarina Maria Grip. She was educated in both French and German.
Career
She debuted as a poet in the 1780s, when she aroused attention by some poems, published in the literary papers of the day. Her breakthrough came by the publication of Erotiska sånger (Erotic songs) in 1799. Her poetry was described as very affected by the
Royal Swedish Academy
.
Widstrom was very well known and admired by her contemporaries and artists, such as Carl Gustaf af Leopold, Bengt Lidner, Thomas Thorild and Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom.
She married Sven Widström (d. 1814), a violinist in the royal Capell, in 1790. In 1814, she moved to Mariestad, where she opened a girls' school in 1830.
In fiction
Ulrika Widström is portrayed in the novel Pottungen (Chamber Pot Child) by
Sophie von Fersen, becomes a member in a Blue Stockings Society organized by Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp
.
See also
Sources
- Widström, Ulrika Carolina, i Wilhelmina Stålberg, Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor (1864-1866)
- Widström, Ulrika Karolina, i Hofberg, Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (1906)
- Widström, Ulrika Karolina, Nordisk familjebok (1921)
