Career
Her parents were Baron Gabriel Stierncrona (1669-1723) and Antoinetta Maria Amija (1687-1721). As was still a custom in the Swedish aristocracy of the time, she kept her original name after marriage. Both her own family and that of her spouse were very wealthy.
The first of her published works were the political work En swensks tankar öfwer den 22 Junii 1756 (The Thoughts of a Swede regarding the events of the 22 June 1756).
The subjects were the recent failed attempt of Queen Louisa Ulrika to stage a coup d"état to overthrow the parliament and the political system of the age of liberty and reintroduce absolute monarchy (Coup of 1756). Though her published works were formally anonymously published, she was well known to be the writer
During the later years of her spouse, his political career had begun to decline, which caused severe economical difficulties as he had abused his position in politics by mixing his private economy with that of the state during adventurous business projects and taken considerable loans which he was not able to repay. When he died in 1759, Elisabeth Stierncrona retired to the estate Uttersberg and was left with great debts which the estate could not repay.
She failed and she was accused of creating false accounts and she was declared bankrupt in 1766.