Career
In 1953–1960, she collected 12 individual and 3 relay national titles. Edström was born in a family of six siblings, and was mostly raised by her father, as her mother fell seriously ill when Edström was six years old. At 14 she started working as a maid, and at 16 as a bottles cleaner at the Luleå Brewery.
She was later a nurse at a Luleå hospital for more than 30 years.