Louise Hegermann-Lindencrone

Mette Louise Christiane Frederikke Hegermann-Lindencrone (1778-1853) was an aristocratic Danish writer who is remembered for her dramas Eleonora Christina Uhlfeldt and Troubadouren as well as for a collection of short stories which included her best work, the crime story Faster Dorothea which was also published in German and English. She and her husband Hendrik held salons in their Copenhagen home, attracting celebrated literary and cultural figures including Adam Oehlenschläger and Bernhard Severin Ingemann. Her works and correspondence focused on the social status of women and the opportunities they were offered.