Wendla Åberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Wendla Åberg

Swedish female dancer and actress

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1791

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: actor, dancer

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra


Show Famous Birthdays Today, Sweden

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Wendla Åberg

  • Wendla Åberg (1791-1864), was a Swedish stage actress and ballet dancer.
  • She was a star attraction of the Gothenburg theatre and one of the most celebrated stage actors outside of the provincial theatre in her time.
  • Wendla Åberg was the daughter of the opera singer Inga Åberg and the nobleman Carl Gustaf von Stockenström.
  • She was engaged at the Comediehuset in Gothenburg in 1812-16, and then at its successor stage of Segerlindska teatern in 1816-23; first under Johan Anton Lindqvist and (from 1820) under Gustaf Åbergsson.
  • She was a star attraction of the theatre during the period in which Gothenburg had a permanent theatre, the only one outside of Stockholm.
  • Åberg was not only a stage actor, but also a trained dancer.
  • As such she provided dance when ballet was offered by the theatre, and highly respected for this art.
  • She was equally popular as an actor, and considered to be one of the three most distinguished women of the Swedeish provincial theatre of her time: ...
  • one can say that our stage has never, at least not for quite some time, possessed such skillfull actresses as Mrs Åbergsson and the mamsell's Haglund and Åberg; In 1823, the Gothenburg Theatre was dissolved as a permanent stage and Åberg was engaged at the theatre company of Carl Wildner.
  • Wendla Åberg discontinued her stage career in 1825, and settled in Gothenburg with her mother, where she became a dance instructor.
  • She was very successful in this regard and became a famous local profile of her time: for forty years, she instructed the high society debutants of Gothenburg prior to their social debut ball.

Read more at Wikipedia