 In 1762, she moved to Lovön in Stockholm with her family.After the death of her father in 1772, she was employed to look after the children to Louis Gallodier, dance master of the Royal Swedish Ballet at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.She was then the maid to the lady-in-waiting Baroness Charlotte Manderström and later served as the maid to lady-in-waiting Hedvig Catharina Piper.