Abraham de Broen (1759–1804) was a Swedish actor, stage manager and director.

Biography

Abraham Isaaksson De Broen belonged to the elite of the pioneer generation actors of the

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The the ...

. He was also the founder and first director of the ''

Djurgårdsteatern Djurgårdsteatern ( Swedish for "Djurgården Theatre"), was an historical Swedish theatre, active at Djurgården in Stockholm between 1801 and 1929 (from 1863 in a new building). It was the only theatre in Stockholm outside the royal theatres du ...

''. He was a very popular character actor and mainly played elder male roles in so called burgher plays, often tragedies. In 1781 he was employed at the theater at

Bollhuset Bollhuset, also called (The Big Ball House), (Ball House Theater), and Gamla Bollhuset (Old Ball House) at various times, was the name of the first theater in Stockholm, Sweden; it was the first Swedish theater and the first real theater buildin ...

and was later one of leading actors at

. In 1780, he was married to

Maria Elisabet de Broen Maria Elisabet de Broen née Grundt (23 April 1756 – 1 May 1809), was a Swedish translator and theatre manager. Biography She was the daughter of Isak Grundt and married the actor and theatre director Abraham de Broen in 1780; they had eight chi ...

(1756-1809) and was the father of

Isaac de Broen Isaac de Broen (1783–1814), was a Swedish stage actor and theatre manager. He was the son of Abraham de Broen and Maria Elisabet de Broen and the brother of Debora Aurora de Broen. He married the actor and theatre director Christina Margareta C ...

(1783-1814) and Debora Aurora de Broen (1790-1862). In 1801, De Broen was granted permission to found the

and serve as its director. Abraham De Broen died on April 4, 1804 at

Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...

Östergötland County Östergötland County ( sv, Östergötlands län) is a county or ''län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the n ...

. After his death, the theater was managed first by his widow and then by their son actor Isaac de Broen. After Isaac de Broen died in 1814, the theatre was taken over by his widow, Kristina Margareta Cederberg (1786-1858) and after that by his brother-in-law, actor Karl Wildner (1774-1844) who was married to Debora Aurora de Broen.

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* Nordensvan, Georg, Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Förra delen, 1772-1842, Bonnier, Stockholm, 1917 1759 births 1804 deaths 18th-century Swedish male actors Swedish theatre directors 19th-century Swedish male actors Swedish male stage actors 19th-century theatre managers {{Sweden-actor-stub