Fredrika Stenhammar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fredrika Stenhammar

singer

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1836

Place of Birth: Visby, Gotland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 07-Oct-1880

Profession: composer, singer, opera singer, voice teacher, music pedagogue

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Fredrika Stenhammar, née Andrée (19 September 1836 in Visby – 7 October 1880) was a Swedish opera singer (soprano). Stenhammar was born to doctor Andreas Andrée and sister of Sweden's first female organist Elfrida Andrée.
She was a student at the Conservatory in Leipzig in 1851–54, was employed at the Hofoper in Dessau in 185-55, and at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1855–57.
She was a student of Gilbert Duprez in 1857–58 and sang at the opera in Vienna in 1859.
When she returned to Sweden she became a prima donna and a singing instructor of the Royal Swedish Opera.
She was inducted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1864.
She married the opera singer Oskar Fredrik Stenhammar (1834–1884).