Thecla Ã…hlander (3 June 1855 â€" 8 April 1925) was a Swedish stage
and film actress whose career began on the stage in the late 19th
century and lasted through the early 1920s.Ã…hlander was born Thekla
Ottilia Åhlander in Norrköping and initially studied drama as pupil
of Frans Hedberg in 1872. She continued her studies at the Royal
Dramatic Theatre School from 1874 to 1877. She made her stage debut at
the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1877 in a play titled Ett namn. She was
engaged at the theatre until 1922 and from 1908 to 1915 was also a
drama teacher at the theatre. Ã…hlander became one of Scandinavia's
premier stage actresses, appearing in roles by Henrik Ibsen,
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Ludvig Holberg, August Blanche, Axel Emil
Betzonich, amongst others. She became the theatre's premier actress in
1888 and received the Litteris et Artibus in 1891.Ã…hlander also
appeared in three Swedish silent films in the early 1920s; Gunnar
Klintberg's 1921 Elisabet, Mauritz Stiller's 1923 Gunnar Hedes saga
and Victor Sjöström's 1923 The Hell Ship (Swedish: Eld ombord).
and film actress whose career began on the stage in the late 19th
century and lasted through the early 1920s.Ã…hlander was born Thekla
Ottilia Åhlander in Norrköping and initially studied drama as pupil
of Frans Hedberg in 1872. She continued her studies at the Royal
Dramatic Theatre School from 1874 to 1877. She made her stage debut at
the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1877 in a play titled Ett namn. She was
engaged at the theatre until 1922 and from 1908 to 1915 was also a
drama teacher at the theatre. Ã…hlander became one of Scandinavia's
premier stage actresses, appearing in roles by Henrik Ibsen,
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Ludvig Holberg, August Blanche, Axel Emil
Betzonich, amongst others. She became the theatre's premier actress in
1888 and received the Litteris et Artibus in 1891.Ã…hlander also
appeared in three Swedish silent films in the early 1920s; Gunnar
Klintberg's 1921 Elisabet, Mauritz Stiller's 1923 Gunnar Hedes saga
and Victor Sjöström's 1923 The Hell Ship (Swedish: Eld ombord).
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