Raa (surname)
Raa is a Nordic surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm (1838–1907), Swedish actor * Jan Raa (born 1939), Norwegian biologist * Torolf Raa (born 1933), Norwegian diplomat See also *Raas (surname) Raas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jan Raas (born 1952), Dutch cyclist * Naser al-Raas ( 1983–2016), Canadian political activist See also * Raa (surname) *Raes The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAe ... {{Surname, Raa Surnames of Scandinavian origin ...
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Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm
Hedvig Charlotta Raa-Winterhjelm, née Forssman (20 November 1838 – 7 March 1907), was a Swedish actress active in Sweden, Norway and Finland. She played a pioneer role in Finland by introducing Finnish as a stage language, becoming the first actor in Finland to speak her lines in the Finnish tongue. Early career Charlotta Raa-Winterhjelm was born as the daughter of a goldsmith in Stockholm in Sweden under the name Charlotte Forssman. She studied at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in Stockholm in 1854–56, after which she toured in travelling theater companies in Sweden and Finland. In 1860, she was employed at the ''Mindre teatern'' in Stockholm. In 1863, Mindre teatern was taken over by the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Many of the actors was given a contract in the new theatre. The competition with Sweden's leading lady Elise Hwasser made her leave for a position at the theater in Gothenburg, where she was engaged until she left Sweden for a position at the Swedish Theatre in ...
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