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Emelie Högqvist
Emelie Högqvist

Emilie Högquist (1812-1846) was a Swedish actor and the mistress of Oscar I of Sweden. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Oscar I, born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte ( July 4, 1799, Paris &ndash July 8, 1859, Stockholm She was the daughter of Anders Högquist and Anna Beata Hedvall. Her brother Jean also became a famous Swedish actor. She was the most celebrated female artiste in Sweden in the 1840s, and the most talked about courtesan.

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Biography

Emilie Högqvist's childhood is considered quite tragic, as she was early exploited by her parents. As her father was employed, (as a butler) by count Carl De Geer, she was soon exposed to men from the upper classes. Her mother was the hostess for the ill-reputed "Balls" held to introduce the female students from Dramatens elevskola to rich men. Dramatens elevskola, ie Kungliga Dramatiska Teaterns Elevskola, or in Eng The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school, was the acting school of Sweden Emilie, like her elder sister Hanna, was placed in Dramatens elevskola in 1821 by her mother, acted as a child actor in the child-theatre Selinderska Barntheatern, and, at the age of fourteen, "introduced" to a rich old man by her mother. The term child actor is generally applied to a Child Acting in motion pictures or Television, but also to an Adult

In 1826-1828 she was a part of a travelling theatre company touring the country, and when she returned, she was accepted as a student-actor at the Royal Theatre (Sw. Kungliga teatern) in Stockholm, making her debut in the play "Qväkaren" in 1828, and being employed there from 1831. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The Royal Dramatic Theatre or in Swedish Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially known in Sweden as Dramaten, is Sweden's national ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Her younger brother, Jean Högquist, (1814-1850) had followed her as an actor, and was considered of great promise also, but his self-destructive way of life made him impossible for the theatre, and Emilie sent him to America. Jean was very close to his sister; he returned in 1846, and when Emilie died later the same year, he became so self-destructive that he died only four years later.

Her career began to flourish after the great strike called "the second Torsslow argument" in 1834, when the celebrated actress Sara Torsslow left the theatre with her husband. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Sara Fredrica Torsslow, née Strömstedt ( 11 June 1795 - 18 June 1859) was a Swedish Actor at the Torsslow had been the most notable "sentimental actress" and comic up till then, and when she left, the theatre had to find a replacement for such roles. They were first given to Charlotta Eriksson, but Eriksson, a star within more solemn, cold, sensitive parts was not suited for sentimental and emotional roles. Charlotta Maria Eriksson ( 11 February 1794 &ndash 21 April 1862) was a Swedish Actor, one of the most popular and Therefore, Emilie Högvist was given her chance and immediately excelled. She was received with great enthusiasm in these roles and took over the audience for Torsslow as well as gaining great admiration of her own. Her salary can illustrate her rise in career. In 1835, Emilie Högquist had a vagues of 1. 200. As a comparison, the primadonna Henriette Widerberg had a salary of 1. Henriette Sophie Widerberg ( 3 September 1796 in Stockholm – 3 April 1872, Stockholm was a Swedish Opera singer 600, and the lowest salary of an actress was 200.

She was the most celebrated Swedish primadonna of her time, called the Swedish Aspasia; few other dramatic actresses in Sweden before her had enjoyed her popularity and success. Originally used in Opera companies " prima donna " is Italian for "first lady" Aspasia (ca 470 BC&ndashca 400 BC Greek:) was a Milesian woman who was famous for her involvement with the Athenian statesman Emilie Högquist is often compared to the opera singer Henriette Widerberg, as their lives, personalities and careers were much alike, and she was also to replace Widerberg in many ways and become her successor, though she is regarded as much more gifted artistically then Widerberg, who was an excellent singer but more talked about for her beauty. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Henriette Sophie Widerberg ( 3 September 1796 in Stockholm – 3 April 1872, Stockholm was a Swedish Opera singer

Her talent was demonstrated through romantic and comical parts; she was very appreciated in so-called French salon-comedies, a very popular genre. Her weakness at the beginning of her career was that her voice was very weak; she herself admitted she had the "voice of a chicken", but she made the most of it. [1] She was helped with this problem after a student trip to Paris 1836-1837, where she was instructed by the French actress Mademoiselle Mars, and when she returned, she was received as an ideal of grace and taste and her earlier "chicken-voice" was replaced by a voice that "caressed the ear". Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Mademoiselle Mars, ( Anne Francoise Hyppolyte Boutet) ( February 9, 1779 - March 20, 1847) French actress was born in Paris She acted in "Qväkaren och dansaren", "Shakspears Kär", Jungfrun av Orleans", "Maria Stuart" and "Hamlet" and had 125 roles in her repertoire. She also toured in Finland.

After having a daughter with British diplomat John Bloomfield, Emilie made the acquaintance of Oscar, who was at that time heir to the throne. He rented a luxury apartment for her and in time set up a second family with her, close to the royal castle where his queen and legitimate children lived. It is said that the king spent every other night at the castle and every other night with Emilie. With Oscar, Emilie had two sons, Hjalmar and Max. Max was named after Maximilian de Beauharnais, Oscar's brother-in-law (and consequently the queen's brother). Maximilian Joseph Eugene Auguste Napoleon de Beauharnais ( 2 October 1817 Munich - 1 November 1852 St The two boys were jokingly referred to as "the princes of Laponia" (Lappland). Max grew up to become a merchant in China, where he died in 1872. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Hjalmar died in 1874 in London. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

Emilies apartment was known for its "Asian luxury", she was a celebrated hostess and held a salon that were quite famous, counting artists and men of important positions among her dinner guests, though it was never visited by female members of the upper classes because of her reputation as a high class courtesan. During her grand days as a star in the 1840s, she also did a lot of charity work to ease poverty. Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long. Her health, however, worsened during these years. In the theatre, her place was taken over by Zelma Hedin. Zelma Carolina Esolinda Hedin, Née Bergnéhr, also called Zelma Kinmansson and Zelma bergmansson, ( Stockholm 31 May

Emilie died in Turin, Italy, where she had gone to try to cure her ailments, probably tuberculosis and cancer. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest She was one of the three well-known Swedish artistes who were celebrated in a memorial in 1847. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common

Children

With John Bloomfield:

With Oscar I:

See also

References

  1. ^ Carin Österberg, "Svenska Kvinnor" (Swedish)
Ebba Charlotta Elise Hwasser, née Jakobsson, ( 16 March 1831 – 28 January 1894) was a Swedish Actor, Henriette Sophie Widerberg ( 3 September 1796 in Stockholm – 3 April 1872, Stockholm was a Swedish Opera singer Charlotte (Charlotta Beata Eckerman, 1759 - 16 january in Stockholm 1790 was a Swedish Opera singer and Actor.
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