Julie Mathilda Berwald was a Swedish concert

Concert

A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...

 and opera singer.

Born to the concert singer Mathilda Berwald

Mathilda Berwald

Mathilda Charlotta Berwald, née Cohn Mathilda Charlotta Berwald, née Cohn 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....

 and the musician Johan Fredrik Berwald

Johan Fredrik Berwald

Johan Fredrik Berwald was a Swedish violinist, conductor and composer. He was cousin of Franz Berwald and August Berwald.-Biography:...

. She and her sisters Fredrique and Hedvig Eleonora was educated to singers by their mother and sang with her at their fathers concerts. They performed in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 (1842), Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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 (1844) and Berlin

Berlin

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 (1847). The three siblings were also a popular singing trio. In 1847, she was employed a the Royal Swedish Opera

Royal Swedish Opera

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 in Stockholm. In 1848, she was contracted as "premier actress". During her years at the Opera, she became one of the greatest stars of the Swedish opera. Julie Berwald was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music

Royal Swedish Academy of Music

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, seat nr 337, the 16 December 1853.
In 1852, she married baron

Baron

Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...

 Georg Gustaf Knut Åkerhielm. Her marriage did not met with any resistance from the nobility

Nobility

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, and this can be regarded as an attitude change in the wiev (badword) upon singers and actresses, who were long looked down upon socially.