Born to steward Jonas Johan Rylander, she became a member of, first, the troupe of Anders Selinder (1857–59), and second to the troupe of Pierre Deland (1859–62) before she was employed at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki in Finland in 1863.
Many of the actors was given a contract in the new theatre, but the competition with Sweden's leading lady Elise Jakobsson-Hwasser made Hedvig move to Finland, where she accepted a position at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki.
The language was initially Swedish, but Finnish language was soon launched on stage by the Swedish actress Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm.
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