Christina Elisabeth Carowsky

Christina Elisabeth Carowsky (March 5, 1745 – 1797) was a Swedish painter.

Carowsky was born in Gothenburg into a family of artists. Her mother was Maria Carowsky and Michael Carowsky, and her grandfather was Johan Ross the Elder. Carowsky became a well known portrait painter in Gothenburg. She married in 1787 to Engelbert Jörlin, the principal at Gothenburg elementary school.

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