Fredrika Stenhammar

{{Short description|Swedish opera singer (1836-1880)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Fredrika Stenhammar

| image = Fredrika Andrée Stenhammar-by Röhl.jpg

| caption = Fredrika Andrée Stenhammar-by Maria Röhl.

| birth_name = Fredrika Andrée

| birth_date = {{birth date|1836|09|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Visby, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|1880|10|07|1836|09|19|df=y}}

| occupation = Operatic soprano

| spouse = Oskar Fredrik Stenhammar

| relatives = Andreas Andrée (father)
Elfrida Andrée (sister)

}}

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Fredrika Stenhammar (née Andrée; 19 September 1836 – 7 October 1880) was a Swedish opera singer (soprano).{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.skbl.se/en/article/FredrikaStenhammar|title=Fredrika Stenhammar|encyclopedia=Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon|year=2020|author=Eva Öhrström}}

She was born in Visby as Fredrika Andrée, the daughter of doctor Andreas Andrée, and was sister of Sweden's first female organist, Elfrida Andrée. She was a student at the Conservatory in Leipzig in 1851–54, was employed at the Hofoper in Dessau in 185-55, and at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1855–57. She was a student of Gilbert Duprez in 1857–58 and sang at the opera in Vienna in 1859. When she returned to Sweden she became a prima donna and a singing instructor of the Royal Swedish Opera. She was inducted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1864. She married the opera singer Oskar Fredrik Stenhammar (1834–1884).