Other names Lotta Triven Name Charlotta Frolich Died July 21, 1770 | Spouse(s) Johan Funck Role Writer Parents Carl Gustaf Frolich | |
Born 28 November 1698 ( 1698-11-28 ) Occupation Writer, historian, agronomist and poet Known for First woman to be published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | ||
Charlotta Frolich (28 November 1698 - 21 July 1770) was a Swedish writer, historian, agronomist and poet. She sometimes used the pseudonym Lotta Triven. She published poems, stories, and work about political and scientific subjects. She was the first of her sex to be published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Charlotta Frolich was the daughter of the Royal Councillor General Count Carl Gustaf Frolich and Beata Christina Cronstrom, and the paternal niece of the religious visionary and author Eva Margareta Frolich. In 1735, she married count Johan Funck, country governor of Uppland. Frolich described her childhood as very strict, deprived of any luxury and devoted to Lutheranism and hard work, and stated that she was educated in history, reading, writing, household tasks and religion. She resisted marrying for many years because she wished to devote herself to agriculture, but she continued to do so after marriage in 1735; both before and after her marriage, she was the owner of the estate Overbo, which had a blast furnace where she made pig iron.
In 1741-42, she became the first of her gender to be published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences with three books in agricultural science depicting her own experiences and suggesting various inventions in agriculture. The only other female to be published by the Academy of Sciences during the age of liberty was Eva Ekeblad. In 1759, she published a history book, making her the first female historian of her country. In 1768, she became one of two Swedish women, alongside Francoise Marguerite Janicon, to participate in the political debate on economic policies of the state who published herself without a pseudonym during the age of liberty. She was also a poet known for her funeral poems.