Alida Olbers was born on 13 October 1842 in Marstrand, a small island north of Gothenburg.[2] She studied at Stockholm's higher seminar for women teachers, and until 1904 worked privately as a teacher in Stockholm.[2] In the 1880s and 1890s she conducted research at the Hogskola's Botanical Institute.[2] Olbers researched plant anatomy and morphology, and published eight papers, covering subjects such as flower and fruit anatomy in the pinks (Caryophyllacaea), mints (Labiatae), geraniums (Geraniaceae) and roses (Rosaceae).[2]
Olbers married M. Wester in 1897, and died in Marstrand on 29 October 1912. She was seventy years old.[2]
