Martin Nürenbach or Nurembach (unknown â€" 1780) was a German
acrobat, stage actor, dancer and equilibrist active in Sweden, Norway
and Finland. He was a pioneer in Norwegian theater history by founding
the first public theater in Oslo in the year 1771.The early life of
Martin Nürenbach is sketchy. He was from Germany, but his year of
birth is unknown. He likely came to Sweden in the travelling theater
company of the German theater director Carl Seuerling, who arrived to
Sweden in 1759, and are estimated to have been a child or a teenager
at that time. Carl Seuerling married the Swedish actress Margareta
Lindahl, and took over the travelling Swedish theater company of his
father-in-law Peter Lindahl, thereby staying in Sweden.Nürenbach
later stated (1769) that he was the "stepson" of Carl Seuerling, but
this statement is unclear and is familial relation to Seuerling is
unconfirmed. If the identification of stepson is to be taken literary,
he could have been the son of Carl Seuerling's first wife Maria
Heidensköld in her previous marriage, but this is unconfirmed. A
woman by the name of Jacobina Nürembach is listed as a maid of the
Seuerling theater company, and may have been a relative.Martin
Nürenbach is listed as a member of the Stenborg Company in a passport
to Uppsala in 1767, and as a member of the Seuerling troupe in
1767â€"68. As a member of the theatre company, he performed rope- and
wire-dancing and acrobatics, and identified himself as an equilibrist.
He also participated in plays as an actor, though he had only moderate
success in this field. As a member of the Stenborg and Seuerling
theatre companies, he toured both Sweden and Finland, which was at
that time a Swedish Province.
acrobat, stage actor, dancer and equilibrist active in Sweden, Norway
and Finland. He was a pioneer in Norwegian theater history by founding
the first public theater in Oslo in the year 1771.The early life of
Martin Nürenbach is sketchy. He was from Germany, but his year of
birth is unknown. He likely came to Sweden in the travelling theater
company of the German theater director Carl Seuerling, who arrived to
Sweden in 1759, and are estimated to have been a child or a teenager
at that time. Carl Seuerling married the Swedish actress Margareta
Lindahl, and took over the travelling Swedish theater company of his
father-in-law Peter Lindahl, thereby staying in Sweden.Nürenbach
later stated (1769) that he was the "stepson" of Carl Seuerling, but
this statement is unclear and is familial relation to Seuerling is
unconfirmed. If the identification of stepson is to be taken literary,
he could have been the son of Carl Seuerling's first wife Maria
Heidensköld in her previous marriage, but this is unconfirmed. A
woman by the name of Jacobina Nürembach is listed as a maid of the
Seuerling theater company, and may have been a relative.Martin
Nürenbach is listed as a member of the Stenborg Company in a passport
to Uppsala in 1767, and as a member of the Seuerling troupe in
1767â€"68. As a member of the theatre company, he performed rope- and
wire-dancing and acrobatics, and identified himself as an equilibrist.
He also participated in plays as an actor, though he had only moderate
success in this field. As a member of the Stenborg and Seuerling
theatre companies, he toured both Sweden and Finland, which was at
that time a Swedish Province.
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