Nils Almlöf Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Nils Almlöf Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Nils Vilhelm Almlöf (1799â€"1875) was a Swedish stage actor. He was

one of the most famous Swedish actors of his time and referred to as

"The Swedish Talma".He was born to Nils Almlöf, a servant of the

royal household, and Maria Lovisa Herbelin. He interrupted his medical

studies to study singing under Carl Magnus Craelius of the Royal

Swedish Opera in 1818, where he made his breakthrough as Leicester in

Schiller's Mary Stuart opposite Charlotta Eriksson in 1821. He was a

star at the Royal Dramatic Theatre for sixty years, where he was a

notable male actor in tragedy. When he visited Paris in 1829, he was

called the "Swedish Talma" by Mademoiselle Mars. In 1834 he had a wage

of §1800, the highest paid by the theatre. He was teacher of

declamation at Dramatens elevskola 1834â€"40.Almlöf and his second

wife, Charlotte, as well as other actors, such as Elise Hwasser, were

good friends with King Charles XV of Sweden, and were often invited to

his balls during his reign as Crown Prince regent (1857â€"59).He was

first (1823) married to his colleague Catharina Cederberg

(1794â€"1838), the sister of Christina Margareta Cederberg, who was

engaged as a singer at the Royal Swedish Opera and who was most

remembered as Papagena. In 1839 he married actor Charlotta Ficker,

also a successful actress at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. His son with

his first wife, Knut Almlöf, was also an actor.
Nils Almlöf Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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