Pierre Joseph Deland (13 December 1805 â€" 13 November 1862) was a
Swedish stage actor and theatre director. He was the director of the
Deland Theater Company in 1833-1861, a travelling theater famous in
both Sweden and Finland, and as such an influential and well known
figure of the stage life of both countries in the mid 19th-century. He
was the founder of the Dramatiska och musikaliska artisternas
pensionsförening ('Retirement Fund for Dramatic and Musical Artists')
in 1857.Pierre Deland was born to Jean Pierre Deland, violinist of the
Hovkapellet, and Eva Magdalena Eklund. His paternal grandfather Louis
Antoine Deland was from Luxembourg and hairdresser to the queen,
Sophia Magdalena of Denmark. He was the nephew of the ballet dancer
Louis Deland of the Royal Swedish Ballet, and the brother of the
actors Lars Mauritz Deland and Fredrik Deland.Pierre Deland was active
as an interpreter, a private teacher, a clerk and an officer of the
Livgardet before entering the stage profession in 1825, when he was
engaged at the travelling theater of Carl Gustaf Bonuvier. He
continued to the travelling theater of Christoffer Svanberg, where his
brothers Lars Mauritz Deland and Fredrik Deland where also employed.In
1831, he married the actress Charlotta de Broen, stepdaughter of
Christoffer Svanberg and daughter of Isaac de Broen and Christina
Margareta Cederberg, directors of the Djurgårdsteatern, and in 1833,
he took over the travelling theater company of his wife's stepfather
Christoffer Svanberg (thereby making it the Deland theater company).
From 1835, the Deland theater company regularly performed in the
Djurgårdsteatern when they passed Stockholm in summer, and in Finland
during the winters.
Swedish stage actor and theatre director. He was the director of the
Deland Theater Company in 1833-1861, a travelling theater famous in
both Sweden and Finland, and as such an influential and well known
figure of the stage life of both countries in the mid 19th-century. He
was the founder of the Dramatiska och musikaliska artisternas
pensionsförening ('Retirement Fund for Dramatic and Musical Artists')
in 1857.Pierre Deland was born to Jean Pierre Deland, violinist of the
Hovkapellet, and Eva Magdalena Eklund. His paternal grandfather Louis
Antoine Deland was from Luxembourg and hairdresser to the queen,
Sophia Magdalena of Denmark. He was the nephew of the ballet dancer
Louis Deland of the Royal Swedish Ballet, and the brother of the
actors Lars Mauritz Deland and Fredrik Deland.Pierre Deland was active
as an interpreter, a private teacher, a clerk and an officer of the
Livgardet before entering the stage profession in 1825, when he was
engaged at the travelling theater of Carl Gustaf Bonuvier. He
continued to the travelling theater of Christoffer Svanberg, where his
brothers Lars Mauritz Deland and Fredrik Deland where also employed.In
1831, he married the actress Charlotta de Broen, stepdaughter of
Christoffer Svanberg and daughter of Isaac de Broen and Christina
Margareta Cederberg, directors of the Djurgårdsteatern, and in 1833,
he took over the travelling theater company of his wife's stepfather
Christoffer Svanberg (thereby making it the Deland theater company).
From 1835, the Deland theater company regularly performed in the
Djurgårdsteatern when they passed Stockholm in summer, and in Finland
during the winters.
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