{{Short description|Finnish-Swedish stage actress and opera singer}} thumb|Lydia Molander '''Lydia Molander''' ({{nee|'''Wessler'''}}; 1851–1929) was a Finnish-Swedish<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ts.fi/uutiset/1074318404 |title=Venäjä halusi kertoa puutullien lykkäyksestä ensimmäiseksi Suomelle |last1=Roiha |first1=Juhani |date=14 November 2008 |website=Turun Sanomat |language=fi |access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref> stage actress and opera singer.
Lydia Molander was trained at the Royal Swedish Opera. She was engaged at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki in 1874-1894.<ref>''[https://runeberg.org/spg/21/0087.html Svenskt porträttgalleri / XXI. Tonkonstnärer och sceniska artister (biografier af Adolf Lindgren & Nils Personne) ]''</ref> She was described as a very versatile stage artist, capable both within opera and operetta as well as a dramatic actor within drama and comedy.
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