Emilia Uggla

About

Classical concert pianist and concert singer who was of Swedish nobility.

Before Fame

She studied piano with Olof Willman. Her first public concert was in Stockholm when she was 11. She gave it anonymously.

Trivia

She toured Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Russia from 1831 until 1843.

Family Life

She was born to noble captain Carl Wilhelm Uggla and Sara Johanna Frykman. She died while giving birth.

Associated With

Her nobility may not have been carried on by Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA, but the legacy of international Swedish musical contributions certainly was.