Birgitta Svendén (née Lundberg, 20 March 1952), is a Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano.

She studied at Operahögskolan in Stockholm, and later embarked on an international career in the first place as a Wagner singer, especially at the Bayreuth Festival where she sang several performances between 1983 and 1999, many of those as Erda.

She is also a full member of the Academy of Music and an honorary doctor at the Lulea University of Technology.

The Flying Dutchman (1994), conducted by James Levine with Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus.

Cast included James Morris, Deborah Voigt, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Ben Heppner, Paul Groves, and Birgitta Svendén.