She was the lady in waiting and confidant of the Swedish Queen, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, and later the head of the court of Crown Prince Gustav Adolf.
[3] Charlotte Eckerman made a great success in the part at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, and was called in by the audience.
", after which the audience applauded also Maria Aurora Uggla in her box as well as the author Gyllenborg for having instructed Eckerman in the part.
In a conversation with Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp in June 1778, Uggla was quoted as saying: "In any case, even if we for just a moment were to assume, that the child was truly illegitimate, then what difference would it make to the King?
"[7] In 1778, she was appointed one of the two deputy överhovmästarinna or heads of the court of the Crown Prince (in effect sub-royal governess) under Hedvig Sofia von Rosen.
Maria Aurora Uggla is portrayed in the novel Drottningens förtrogna (The Queens Confidante) by Anna Sparre (1994).