Gertrud Elisabeth Forsselius née Forsell, also called Forselia, later
known as Elisabet Haeffner and Elisabet Fahlgren (23 January 1771 â€"
15 February 1850), was a Swedish stage actress and opera singer. She
belonged to the pioneer generation of the Royal Dramatic
Theatre.Elisabeth Forsselius is believed to have been the daughter of
the clerk Jacob Forssell (d. 1807) and Anna Magdalena Schylander
(1778-1848). She was the sister of the opera singer Gustava Rebecka
Forsselia (1772-?).She married the composer Johann Christian Friedrich
Hæffner in 1787, divorced him in 1807 and remarried the opera singer
Johan Jacob Fahlgren (1786-1848), who had previously been the student
of her husband and their tenant, the following year.Elisabeth
Forsselius was active both as an opera singer and an actress, but she
had most success as an actress.
known as Elisabet Haeffner and Elisabet Fahlgren (23 January 1771 â€"
15 February 1850), was a Swedish stage actress and opera singer. She
belonged to the pioneer generation of the Royal Dramatic
Theatre.Elisabeth Forsselius is believed to have been the daughter of
the clerk Jacob Forssell (d. 1807) and Anna Magdalena Schylander
(1778-1848). She was the sister of the opera singer Gustava Rebecka
Forsselia (1772-?).She married the composer Johann Christian Friedrich
Hæffner in 1787, divorced him in 1807 and remarried the opera singer
Johan Jacob Fahlgren (1786-1848), who had previously been the student
of her husband and their tenant, the following year.Elisabeth
Forsselius was active both as an opera singer and an actress, but she
had most success as an actress.
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