Hedevig Quiding

Hedevig Faaborg Quiding née Springborg (16 September 1867 – 3 October 1936) was a Danish operatic soprano, voice instructor and music critic.

She married twice, first in January 1886 with the Swedish glove manufacturer Nils Peter Axel Quiding (1858–1892), and then in October 1898 with the journalist and museum curator Theodor Christian Faaborg (1864–1934).

In parallel, together with the actress Anna Ingwersen-Grebe and the ballet dancer Agnes Nyrop, she established Copenhagen's Drama Conservatory (Dramatiske Konservatorium) designed to introduce aspiring young people to the stage.

[1] After leaving her second husband, Quiding lived with her mother in a former hospital on Copenhagen's Amaliegade, creating what she called a Singer Factory (Singerinde Fabrik) in two large rooms which had once housed patients.

[1] Her legacy, the foundation Hedevig Quidings Legat, is still able to provide support for those who share her interests in animal protection, singing, acting and the theatre.