[1] She, as well as her brothers and nephews, belonged to the political allies of king Gustav III of Sweden among the merchant class, and he reportedly treated her as a valuable partner.
After the death of her spouse in 1762, she managed his business, including both his brewery as well as real estate.
She was described as a brusque and authoritarian, stout woman, but also as warmhearted, charitable and with sufficient moral courage to put any person in place, regardless of social class, when they were in the wrong.
[2] She enjoyed theatre and a large social life, often entertained and had guests from both the nobility and burgher class.
At one occasion, two male guests from the nobility was said to have praised her hospitality on the grounds that, as they were in a burgher house and not among their own class, they did not have to bother about manners but put their arms on the table, upon which Nyman replied: "If you join my pigs you may enjoy your comfort in that regard - you may lay down in their trough completely.