Margaret(h)a Seuerling née Lindahl (1747â€"1820) was a Swedish
actress and Theatre director in a travelling theatre company, perhaps
the most known travelling actress of her time in Scandinavia, active
in both Sweden and Finland. She was one of the first, perhaps the very
first, to introduce secular theatre in Finland: her family and its
company represents a large part of the theatre history in Sweden and
Finland.Born as the daughter of the actor Peter Lindahl and the
actress Margareta Maria Fabritz. Her parents belonged to the first
generation of Swedish actors at the theatre of Bollhuset and was both
members of the board of directors of the theatre, she herself became
the second generation of Swedish-speaking actors. Before this time,
only foreign actors had performed in Sweden, but between 1737â€"1753,
the first Swedish actors were allowed to perform in the theatre of
Stockholm.In 1753, the Swedish actors were fired by queen Louisa
Ulrika of Prussia, who replaced them with a French theatre company.
The Swedish company split in two; one, the Stenborg Troupe under
Petter Stenborg, who performed on smaller stages in Stockholm, and the
second under Johan Bergholtz (who died 1774) and her father, Peter
Lindahl, who was given royal permission to play in the countryside,
touring the countryside as a travelling theatre-company; it was the
biggest travelling theatre company in Sweden, and from 1760, he
dominated the stages of the city of Gothenburg, whose first real
theatre, Comediehuset, was not built until 1779. Among his actors were
many actors earlier active at the theatre of Bollhuset, such as
Johanna Catharina Enbeck, "madame Gentschein" and Petter Öberg, both
later members of Petter Stenborgs company, and Catharina Sophia
Murman, the wife of Johan Bergholt'z, who left the troupe with her
husband in 1755, when Lindahl's partnership with the more adventurous
Bergholtz, who was arrested for seduction, was broken.
actress and Theatre director in a travelling theatre company, perhaps
the most known travelling actress of her time in Scandinavia, active
in both Sweden and Finland. She was one of the first, perhaps the very
first, to introduce secular theatre in Finland: her family and its
company represents a large part of the theatre history in Sweden and
Finland.Born as the daughter of the actor Peter Lindahl and the
actress Margareta Maria Fabritz. Her parents belonged to the first
generation of Swedish actors at the theatre of Bollhuset and was both
members of the board of directors of the theatre, she herself became
the second generation of Swedish-speaking actors. Before this time,
only foreign actors had performed in Sweden, but between 1737â€"1753,
the first Swedish actors were allowed to perform in the theatre of
Stockholm.In 1753, the Swedish actors were fired by queen Louisa
Ulrika of Prussia, who replaced them with a French theatre company.
The Swedish company split in two; one, the Stenborg Troupe under
Petter Stenborg, who performed on smaller stages in Stockholm, and the
second under Johan Bergholtz (who died 1774) and her father, Peter
Lindahl, who was given royal permission to play in the countryside,
touring the countryside as a travelling theatre-company; it was the
biggest travelling theatre company in Sweden, and from 1760, he
dominated the stages of the city of Gothenburg, whose first real
theatre, Comediehuset, was not built until 1779. Among his actors were
many actors earlier active at the theatre of Bollhuset, such as
Johanna Catharina Enbeck, "madame Gentschein" and Petter Öberg, both
later members of Petter Stenborgs company, and Catharina Sophia
Murman, the wife of Johan Bergholt'z, who left the troupe with her
husband in 1755, when Lindahl's partnership with the more adventurous
Bergholtz, who was arrested for seduction, was broken.
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