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Louise Elisabeth Granberg (29 October 1812 – 28 December 1907), was a
Manuscript of Louise Stjernströms (1812-1907)
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Louise Elisabeth Granberg (29 October 1812 – 28 December 1907), was a Swedish
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playwright, translator and theatre director.
Granberg was born in Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
, the daughter of the actor and writer Per Adolf Granberg and Jeanetta Vilhelmina Hedmansson. She was the sister of the playwright Jeanette Granberg
Johanna "Jeanette" Charlotta Granberg (19 October 1825 – 2 April 1857), also known by her married name ''Stjernström'' and by the pseudonym of ''Georges Malméen'', was a Swedish writer, a playwright, a feminist and a translator, who wrote p ...
(1825–1857). From 1849 forward, she translated and wrote plays, sometimes jointly with her sister, under used the pseudonym Carl Blink.
During the season 1860–61, her play ''Johan Fredman'' was staged at Mindre teatern
Mindre teatern (''The Smaller Theatre''), Nya teatern (''The New Theatre''), Lindeberska teatern (''The Lindeberg Theatre''), was a Swedish theatre at Kungsgatan in Stockholm, active 1842–1863. The building was used as localities for the Royal ...
in Stockholm. ''Tvänne ringar'' was first performed at the Mindre teatern in 1861 and ''Familjen Mohrin'' premiered at the Nya theatre in 1876.
In 1861, she married Edvard Stjernström
Carl Edvard Stjernström (11 October 1816 – 10 February 1877) was a Swedish stage actor and theater director.
In 1833, he was accepted as a student at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. From 1842 to 1850, he was employed at Nya Teatern. He was t ...
, founder of 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 ...
and the widower of her sister. From 1877–1880, she was the "very able" director of the theatre.
Louise Granberg died in Stockholm in 1907. She was then 95 years old.
References
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*Österberg, Carin et al., ''Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare''. Lund: Signum 1990. () *Henrikson, Alf: ''Fram till Nybroplan'' *Nordensvan, Georg: ''Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare''Further reading
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