Sofia Lovisa Gråå

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Sofia Lovisa Gråå, née Palm, (1749- d.after 1812), was the principal of the Dramatens elevskola in Stockholm in Sweden between 1804 and 1812.

Sofia Lovisa Palm was married to Fredrik Gabriel Gråå, the interpreter for the Russian embassy in Stockholm, who died in 1795, and was appointed principal of the acting school in 1804. She was also the host for the student home, as the female students lived in her house during her period as principal.

Gråå stood for the continuation of the French traditions introduced by her predecessors, Anne Marie Milan Desguillons and Joseph Desguillons. She also gave the girls in her house great personal freedom; choir master Wikström was shocked that she allowed the girls to date teenage boys. She educated a large number of the most known actors of the first half of the 19th century in Sweden, among those Justina Casagli, Charlotta Eriksson, Sara Torsslow and Karolina Bock; the female students graduating during this time were often referred to as "The girls of Gråå".

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