Lotten Edholm


Lovisa Christina Charlotta "Lotten" Edholm or af Edholm, née von Heijne was a Swedish composer and a pioneer within the Swedish Red Cross.
She was born to the nobleman Georg Fredrik von Heijne-Lillienberg and Juliana Charlotta Silfverstolpe, and married Edvard Edholm, physician to the king, in 1867. She served as hovfröken to the queen dowager Josephine in 1865-67.
Lotten Edholm initiated the participation of women in Sweden in the Swedish Red Cross and served as chair of the women's section of the Swedish Red Cross in 1865-1906. She also started a cooking school in Stockholm. Lotten Edholm was also active as a composer and composed piano music for private use in high society life.
In 1919, she published her memoirs, Från barndom till ålderdom.