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Bakelse-Jeanna (1702–1788), was a Swedish
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{{authority control 1702 births 18th-century Swedish businesspeople 1788 deaths Swedish pastries Businesspeople from Stockholm Street vendors Carl Michael Bellman Gustavian era people 18th-century Swedish businesswomen
Bakelse-Jeanna (1702–1788), was a Swedish pastry
Pastry is baked food made with a dough of flour, water and shortening (solid fats, including butter or lard) that may be savoury or sweetened. Sweetened pastries are often described as '' bakers' confectionery''. The word "pastries" suggests ma ...
-seller, the name signifying "Pastry-Jeanna". She was a well known and distinctive character in Stockholm at that time, and often used as a figure within Swedish plays, songs and literature during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Reality and fiction
Jeanna originated fromÃ…land
Ã…land ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1 ...
, and spent her life as a street seller ('' månglerska'') of cakes in Stockholm, where she became a familiar figure. She came to be included in fiction during her lifetime.
She was a character in the comedy ''Donnerpamp'' by Carl Israel Hallman from 1782.Flodmark, Johan: ''Stenborgska skådebanorna. Bidrag till Stockholms Teaterhistoria''. P. A. Norstedt & Söner (1893), p. 165
She came to be mentioned as a minor character in many works of Swedish literature during the 19th century. A song about her runs:
The name "Bakelse-Jeanna" was long used in Stockholm as a name for female pastry street vendors.
See also
* Gumman Strömberg *Augusta Dorothea Eklund Augusta Dorothea Eklund (2 September 1826 – 31 December 1895, in Stockholm) known in history by her sobriquet Trasfröken ('Miss Rags'), was a famous homeless street peddler and eccentric in Stockholm. A well-known part of Stockholm street life in ...
References
Further reading
* ''Acta Philologica Scandinavica'', Vol. 10, Munksgaard, 1936External links
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{{authority control 1702 births 18th-century Swedish businesspeople 1788 deaths Swedish pastries Businesspeople from Stockholm Street vendors Carl Michael Bellman Gustavian era people 18th-century Swedish businesswomen