
Concordia Cornelia Johanna Selander,
née
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''Hård'' (
Arboga
Arboga () is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Arboga Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden with 10,989 inhabitants in 2020.
Overview
The city of Arboga is known to have existed as a town since the 13th century but the are ...
, 2 June 1861 – 31 March 1935), was a
Swedish actress and theatre manager.
Her father was a music instrument maker. She first trained at the school of the
Royal Swedish Ballet
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(1874–80) and later at the
Royal Dramatic Training Academy (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) in 1888–89.
In 1887, she married
Hjalmar Selander, and from 1889 she was actor and co-manager of their own
Selander Company. From 1917, she also worked as an actress in
film
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s.
References
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
Swedish women theatre directors
19th-century Swedish actresses
19th-century theatre managers
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