Carl Abraham Arfwedson

Carl Abraham Arfwedson (1774–1861) was a Swedish silk merchant, director and etching artist.

[2] He was raised to take over the successful trading company Tottie & Arfwedson of his father and grandfather, and made several study trips abroad.

During the 1810s, he owned the villa Listonhill in Stockholm, which was for a period a center of the burgher upper class society life in the capital.

[4] After Désirée's niece Marcelle Tascher de la Pagerie (1792–1866) left Sweden, the queen reportedly felt lonely and isolated.

She then began to spend more time with Carl Abraham Arfwedson, who had lived in her home during her upbringing and with whom she liked to talk with of France, a friendship which caused rumors that they once had a romance.