Mathilda Berwald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mathilda Berwald

Finnish-Swedish singer

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1798

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Date of Death: 03-May-1877

Profession: singer, opera singer

Nationality: Finland, Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Mathilda Charlotta Berwald, née Cohn (9 March 1798 in Helsinki in Finland – 3 May 1877 in Stockholm), was a Finnish and Swedish concert singer.
She was later appointed official singer (Hovsångare) of the Swedish royal court. She married the Swedish concert musician Johan Fredrik Berwald in 1817.
She toured with her husband and performed as a singer at his concerts.
She educated her three daughters Fredrique, Julie Mathilda and Hedvig Eleonora as singers.
She performed with her husband and Fredrique at the Opera in Berlin for Spontini, and then for the Royal Danish family, in 1833.
In 1834, she was given the title of first singer of the royal Swedish court.
They toured in Finland (1842), Denmark (1844) and had a great success in Berlin (1847).