Birgitta von Otter

Ebba Birgitta von Otter (born 7 January 1939) is a Swedish journalist, author and debater.

Early life Von Otter was born during her parents' stay in Budapest, Hungary. She is the elder daughter of Göran von Otter, a Swedish diplomat in Berlin during World War II. She is also the older sister of Casten von Otter, Mikael von Otter (1945–2018) and Anne Sofie von Otter.

Career Von Otter became a licensed physiotherapist in Stockholm in 1962. She was a journalist with Åhlén & Åkerlund from 1971 to 1976 and Aktuellt i Politiken from 1977 to 1979. She served as press secretary at SAP's press service from 1979 to 1982 and information secretary for her husband Kjell-Olof Feldt at the Ministry of Finance from 1982 to 1988 and political expert from 1989 to 1990. She moved to work as a writer and freelance writer in 1990.

Von Otter also had a leading role in the documentary "A Swedish Tiger" (first shown in 2018 in the United States and Germany) which is based on a meeting in 1942 between her father Göran von Otter and SS officer Kurt Gerstein, and problematizes missing or delayed reporting on the Holocaust during World War II.

Personal life From 1962 to 1970, von Otter was married to Gunnar Hörstadius and had three children, including Erik Hörstadius. In 1970, she married her second husband, politician Kjell-Olof Feldt (1931–2025).