Career
She belongs to the circle of actors that is often talked about and mentioned in history books as the pioneer generation of Swedish actors at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Elisabeth Forsselius was employed at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1783, and at the Ristell Theatre in Bollhuset by Ristell in 1787, which was converted into the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1788. Forsselius was appreciatied both as a singer within opera, and as an actress within theatre.
She was considered an excellent dramatic actress particularly within comedy, and she was frequently used for so called soubrette - and boy"s breeches roles, where she was described as terrific, and continued to play teenagers until her last years at the stage.
She played Anna in Siri Brahe och Johan Gyllenstierna by Gustav III in 1788 and 1790 and the title role of Minna von Barnhelm by Lessing in 1793. Among her other parts were Sidonie in Armide by Gluck in the season 1786–1787, Ismene in Elektra (by Hæffner) in 1787–1788, Delia in Les trois sultanes, a play by Favart in 1789–1790, Weakness in Alcides inträde i världen in 1793–1794 and Armide in Renaud (both also by Hæffner) in 1800–1801, and the marchioness in Griselda by Friedrich Halms in 1809–1810.
In 1788, Forsselius became a member in the actors board of directors of the Royal Dramatic Theatre until 1803. If this is true, she was far from the only one doing southern
These sessions were reputed for and often described as chaotic and stormy.
As many of her generation of actors and singers, she retired from both the opera and theatre after the season of 1810.