Antoinette Thérèse Elfforss née Öberg ( 30 November 1823 â€" 16
April 1905) was a Swedish stage actress and theatre director. She was
the managing director of the travelling Elfforss Theater Company
between 1869 and 1888. Thérèse Elfforss was born in Stockholm, the
daughter of the factory owner Anders Öberg and Maria Elisabeth
Kannström. She was a student of the school of the Royal Swedish
Ballet from 1837 and the Dramatens elevskola from 1839.She was active
at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1837-42. Between 1842 and 1846, she
was active at the Nya Teatern. In 1847, she married the actor Lars
Erik Elfforss (1817-1869), director of his own recently formed theater
company. Subsequently she performed under the name Thérèse Elfforss.
She was an actress with the travelling Elfforss Theater Company and
from 1886-88 served as its director. She took over the leadership of
the theater company during her husband's illness and formally after
his death in 1869. As an actress, Thérèse Elfforss started in roles
as ingenue and heroine but moved on to character roles in modern
Nordic and foreign plays of the new realistic movement. According to a
critic: "Her performances was characterized by spirituality, fine
details, lively vitality", and in recognition of her ability, she was
given the sobriquet "The Elise Hwasser of the countryside", after the
renowned actress of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, who was at that time
regarded the greatest actress in Sweden.
April 1905) was a Swedish stage actress and theatre director. She was
the managing director of the travelling Elfforss Theater Company
between 1869 and 1888. Thérèse Elfforss was born in Stockholm, the
daughter of the factory owner Anders Öberg and Maria Elisabeth
Kannström. She was a student of the school of the Royal Swedish
Ballet from 1837 and the Dramatens elevskola from 1839.She was active
at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1837-42. Between 1842 and 1846, she
was active at the Nya Teatern. In 1847, she married the actor Lars
Erik Elfforss (1817-1869), director of his own recently formed theater
company. Subsequently she performed under the name Thérèse Elfforss.
She was an actress with the travelling Elfforss Theater Company and
from 1886-88 served as its director. She took over the leadership of
the theater company during her husband's illness and formally after
his death in 1869. As an actress, Thérèse Elfforss started in roles
as ingenue and heroine but moved on to character roles in modern
Nordic and foreign plays of the new realistic movement. According to a
critic: "Her performances was characterized by spirituality, fine
details, lively vitality", and in recognition of her ability, she was
given the sobriquet "The Elise Hwasser of the countryside", after the
renowned actress of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, who was at that time
regarded the greatest actress in Sweden.
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