She tended to write and publish in the daily Swedish newspaper like Aftonbladet, Söndags-Nisse and Nya Dagligt Allehanda.

Barthelson was born the daughter of the chamber warden N. Hultgren and his wife Johanna Rundqvist in the Drottningholm Palace.

Her husband was also active as a writer and co-founded the literary society Fratres amicitiae veroe, which included Carl Snoilsky among others.

[1] Barthelson wrote shorter stories that were published in daily and weekly newspapers, including Aftonbladet, Söndags-Nisse and Nya Dagligt Allehanda.

The play was a direct continuation of Alfhild Agrell's Doomed, which was also the main reason why the Dramaten rejected the work when it was submitted there for reading.