Elisabeth Olin

Elisabeth Olin
Elisabeth Olin, 1780s
Born
Elisabeth Lillström

December 1740 (1740-12)
Died26 March 1828 (1828-03-27) (aged 87)
Occupation(s)Opera singer, composer
Known forReferred to as the first primadonna in her country
SpouseGabriel Olin
ChildrenBetty Olin
Notes
Hovsångare, the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (1782)

Elisabeth Olin née Lillström (December 1740 – 26 March 1828) was a Swedish opera singer and a music composer. She performed the leading female role in the inauguration performance of the Royal Swedish Opera in 1773, and is referred to as the first Swedish opera prima donna. She was the first female to be made Hovsångerska (1773), and the first woman to become a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (1782).