Katarina Erlandsdotter

{{Short description|Swedish artist (171–1848)}}

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Katarina Erlandsdotter (1771–1848) was a Swedish artist (tapestry maker).Sven Erlandsson, urn:sbl:15441, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Nils Strömbom.), hämtad 2021-08-11.

Daughter of the gardener Erland Hallberg and Anna Maria Kristoffersdotter and the sister of Sven Erlandsson (1768–1853) and Lisa Erlandsdotter (1771–1848); the three siblings all became known as artists, and are counted among the most prominent within their craft in 18th-century Sweden.Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1952) {{in lang|sv}} Katarina made bonadsmålning, a Swedish art form, which is a type of painted tapestry of textile used for decoration, largely among the peasantry.

Katarina lived her entire life in the countryside at Mårdaklev in Älvsborgs län.