Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie (1732–1800) was a Swedish noblewoman of the French-descent De la Gardie family. She was the daughter of the General and statesman Magnus Julius De la Gardie and the political salonist Hedvig Catharina Lilje, and sister of scientist Eva Ekeblad.

She married Axel von Fersen the Elder in 1752 and had four children with him:

1. Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen, married name Klinckowström (1753–1792)
2. Hans Axel von Fersen (1755–1810)
3. Sophie von Fersen (1757–1816)
4. Fabian Reinhold von Fersen (1762–1818)

She was the heir of Löfstad Castle and her marriage thereby strenghtened both the social and economic position of her spouse. In the 1760s, the Crown prince, (the future Gustav III of Sweden), was rumoured to be in love with her. Hedvig had the church of Ljung rebuilt and donated a collection of historical coins to it, which are still preserved there, in 1796. She was burried in the same church.

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