Concordia Cornelia Johanna Selander,

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

''Hård'' (

Arboga Arboga () is a locality and the seat of Arboga Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden with 10,330 inhabitants in 2010. Overview The city of Arboga is known to have existed as a town since the 13th century but the area has been inhabited sinc ...

, 2 June 1861 – 31 March 1935), was a

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actress and theatre manager. Her father was a music instrument maker. She first trained at the school of the

Royal Swedish Ballet The Royal Swedish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in Europe. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, King Gustav III founded the ballet in 1773 as a part of his national cultural project in response to the French and Italian dominance in this fi ...

(1874–80) and later at the

Royal Dramatic Training Academy The Royal Dramatic Training Academy ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teaterns Elevskola, also known as ''Dramatens elevskola''), was the acting school of Sweden's national stage, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and for many years (1787–1964) seen as the ...

(1878–83). She was active at Stora teatern in Gothenburg 1883–85, at various travelling theatre companies in 1885–88, and at the

Swedish Theatre (Stockholm) The Swedish Theatre (Swedish: ''Svenska Teatern'' or ''"Svenskan"'') in Stockholm was, at the beginning of the 20th century, Sweden's largest dramatic theatre. It was located on Blasieholmen in central Stockholm. During its years in use, from ...

in 1888–89. In 1887, she married

Hjalmar Selander Hjalmar Selander (2 July 1859 – 10 August 1928) was a Swedish actor, stage director and theatre manager. Biography Selander was born in Mölndal Municipality in Västra Götaland, Sweden. He made his debut at the Stora teatern in Götebor ...

, and from 1889 onward she was actor and co-manager of their own

Selander Company The Selander Company was a famous and renowned theatre company in Sweden from 1889–1928 run by the theatre couple Hjalmar and Concordia Selander. They were famous for discovering and producing young stage talents, for quality productions on tour ...

. From 1917 onward, she also worked as an actress in

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Projekt Runeberg

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* 1861 births 1935 deaths People from Arboga Municipality Swedish stage actresses Swedish film actresses Swedish silent film actresses 20th-century Swedish actresses Swedish theatre directors 19th-century Swedish actresses 19th-century theatre managers {{Theat-bio-stub