Charlotta Deland

She was born in to an acting family and connected to many well-known figures within the theater world, which gave her valuable contacts during her own career.

She made her debut in the travelling theatre company of her stepfather Christoffer Svanberg in 1831.

She was a leading lady of the Deland theatre company, which was among the most successful in Sweden and Finland outside of the capital of Stockholm during most of its existence.

[2] Charlotta Deland was described as an acknowledged and well respected actress and frequently performed main parts within both tragedy and comedy, but was given best critique for her roles as fashionable ladies within the popular genre of salon comedies.

In 1861, the theater company was dissolved and she, her husband and their daughter Betty Deland was engaged at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.