Sophie Hagman

Prince Frederick Adolph of Sweden, lover of Sophie Hagman from 1778 to 1793. Tullgarn Palace, where Sophie Hagman lived with Frederick Adolf from 1778 to 1793.

Anna Sophia "Sophie" Hagman, née Anna Kristina "Stina" Hagman (31 December 1758, in Eskilstuna, Södermanland, Sweden – 6 May 1826, in Stockholm, Sweden), was a Swedish ballet dancer. She was the official royal mistress to Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden from 1778 to 1793.

Early life Sophie Hagman was born in Eskilstuna as the daughter of the carpenter Peter Hagman (d. 1772) and Elisabet Hedman (d. 1767). She had two sisters, Christina Catharina and Elisabeth, and at least one brother, Carl Peter Hagman. She may have had another brother: in 1780, Prince Frederick expressed his intention to do something for the soldier Lars Hagman from Strängnäs, who was active in the Södermanland Regiment and previously unknown to him, probably because he was the brother of Sophie Hagman, and it was the custom for soldiers to serve in the same regiment as their fathers. The Poet Bellman called her an image of beauty: "Her entire being was a fest to my eyes", and the King once embraced her as a sister-in-law at Gripsholm Castle. The female courtiers was initially very snobby toward her, but Sophie Hagman understood how to make herself liked by most. Eventually, even Count Axel von Fersen the Elder, known as a strict moralist and highly disproving of all extramarital sexuality, acknowledges her quality and admitted that she had made a good impression on everyone.