Knut Almlöf (9 February 1829 Stockholm â€" 3 January 1899, Almnäs,
Gripsholm), was a Swedish stage actor. He was an elite actors of the
Royal Dramatic Theatre and one of the most famed actors of his time in
Sweden.Almlöf was the son of the actors Nils Almlöf and Brita
Catharina Cederberg.He had an early enthusiasm to become an actor. His
father, one of his country's most famous actors, did not want him to
become an actor, and sent him to be educated by a priest in Uppsala.
His mother died when he was nine, and the year after, his father
remarried the celebrated Charlotta Ficker of the Royal Dramatic
Theatre. She encouraged Knut in his interest for the theatre, and
after his graduation in 1848, they convinced his father about his
preference.In 1851, he joined the troupe of Pierre Deland, where he
married his colleague Betty Deland. He was employed at the theatre
Mindre teatern in Stockholm in 1861, and in the Royal Dramatic Theatre
in 1863.
Gripsholm), was a Swedish stage actor. He was an elite actors of the
Royal Dramatic Theatre and one of the most famed actors of his time in
Sweden.Almlöf was the son of the actors Nils Almlöf and Brita
Catharina Cederberg.He had an early enthusiasm to become an actor. His
father, one of his country's most famous actors, did not want him to
become an actor, and sent him to be educated by a priest in Uppsala.
His mother died when he was nine, and the year after, his father
remarried the celebrated Charlotta Ficker of the Royal Dramatic
Theatre. She encouraged Knut in his interest for the theatre, and
after his graduation in 1848, they convinced his father about his
preference.In 1851, he joined the troupe of Pierre Deland, where he
married his colleague Betty Deland. He was employed at the theatre
Mindre teatern in Stockholm in 1861, and in the Royal Dramatic Theatre
in 1863.
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