Sofia Albertina was daughter of king Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. She thus was princess of Sweden, princess of Holstein-Gottorp and a heir of Norway. Adolf Frederick King of Sweden Adolf Frederick (Adolf Fredrik) (May 14, 1710 – February 12, 1771), was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. ... Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (Lovisa Ulrika in Swedish and Luise Ulrike in German), (1720 - 1782) was queen of Sweden between 1751 and 1771. ...

Her adult life took place during the reigns of her brother Gustav III of Sweden and Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. Gustav III (13 January 1746 (O.S.) (24 January 1746 (N.S.))–March 29, 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. ... Gustav IV Adolf (November 1, 1778 – February 7, 1837), was King of Sweden from 1792 until his abdication in 1809. ...

In Stockholm, a palace was built as her residence, known today as Arvfurstens Palats.

She became the Abbess of Quedlinburg, a protestant convent of women in Germany, and as such was the princess-abbess, head of that small state directly under the Holy Roman Empire 1787-1803 until finally deposed. In 1802 mediatization of such smaller states was started Napoleon. An Abbess (Latin abbatissa, fem. ... Roland The city of Quedlinburg in the German Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt has existed since at least the early ninth century, when a settlement known as Gross Orden existed at the site of the modern Quedlinburg. ... A state is an organized political community, occupying a territory, and possessing internal and external sovereignty, that enforces a monopoly on the use of force. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ...

She remained unmarried and died in 1808, her nephew's reign (he was to deposed the next year).