She made her debut in 1893 at the Royal Swedish Opera as Mathilde in Rossini's William Tell, becoming one of the company's leading sopranos until she retired from the stage in 1911.

[2][3] She studied music under Otto Lindblad (1882), voice under Carolina Östberg and Louise Pyk (1888) and drama under Signe Hebbe (1891).

[2][4] Paula Frödin made her debut at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1893 as Mathilde in Rossini's William Tell.

After initially performing mostly coloratura roles, she appeared as Guilmelle in Jacopo Foroni's operetta Advokaten Patelin and as Marguerite in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots.

[5] Thereafter, thanks to her charm, her high register and her well developed stagecraft, she appeared in leading dramatic soprano roles, including Margareta in Gounod's Faust, Senta in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer, Sieglinde in Die Walküre and Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.