Career
Ribbing belongs to the noble Ribbing family, whose history can be dated back to the 900s. She has written a book about her family history, and made a documentary about the killer of King Gustav III, her ancestor Adolph Ludvig Ribbing. Between 1970 and 2000 Ribbing worked as a political reporter for Dagens Nyheter, and from 1993 until 1999 she was the editor in chief of the Namn & nytt department of the paper.
Ribbing was a "Sommarpratare" (Summer Presenter) on the Sveriges Radio show Sommar i P1 twice, on 13 June 1994 and 21 June 2000.
In the Dagens Nyheter newspaper, she writes a column answering questions about etiquette, manners and style. She also has written fifteen books about the subject, published by Bokförlag DN, Forum and Natur & Kultur.
She was the opening speaker at Stockholm Pride in 2010.