Elsa-Marianne von Rosen

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|4|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|9|7|1924|4|21|df=yes}}

| death_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

| occupation = Ballet dancer, choreographer, actress

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| spouse = Allan Fridericia

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| parents = {{ubl|Count Reinhold von Rosen|Elisabeth Österyd}}

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Countess Elsa-Marianne von Rosen (21 April 1924 – 7 September 2014) was a Swedish ballet dancer, choreographer and actress.

Biography

= Family and education =

Von Rosen was born in Stockholm.{{Cite web|url=https://skbl.se/en/article/ElsaMariannevonRosen|title=skbl.se - Elsa Marianne von Rosen|website=skbl.se|accessdate=28 August 2024|archive-date=2 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202192653/https://skbl.se/en/article/ElsaMariannevonRosen|url-status=live}} She was the daughter of the artist Count Reinhold von Rosen and Elisabeth Österyd, his first wife.{{cite web|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1957/0843.html|title=819 (Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok/1957)|access-date=27 September 2014}} A year after her birth, the family moved into Åkerö Manor, a lakeside castle in Södermanland. Von Rosen was educated at home by a governess and, later, attended a parish school. In 1934, she and her sister moved to their grandparents' home in Stockholm so that they could attend Anna Ahlström's School for Girls. While living with her grandmother, she took up ballet lessons with Vera Alexandrova. Her grandmother paid for her lessons with Alexandrova and with Otto Thoresen.

In 1950, von Rosen married editor Allan Fridericia (1921–1991). Soon after, they moved to Denmark.

= Career =

In 1950s, she appeared in the television series Tales of Hans Anderson.

She performed all over Scandinavia. She acted between 1939 and 1970.[http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=61077 Elsa Marianne von Rosen profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009100823/http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=61077 |date=2014-10-09 }}, sfi.se; accessed 6 October 2014. She also directed ballet plays outside of Scandinavia, in Monaco, the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia. She was the head of ballet at the Stora Teatern in Gothenburg between 1970 and 1976 and also of Malmöbaletten between 1980 and 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.abebooks.de/Malm%C3%B6baletten-Under-medverkan-Elsa-Marianne-Rosen/561692130/bd|title=Malmöbaletten. Under medverkan av Elsa Marianne von Rosen och Allan Fridericia|accessdate=27 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/kultur/dansikonen-elsa-marianne-von-rosen-dod|title=Dansikonen Elsa-Marianne von Rosen död|work=svt.se|accessdate=27 September 2014}}

In 1984, she was given the Royal Medal of Merit Litteris et Artibus.{{cite web|url=http://forside.kvinfo.dk/nyhed/elsa-marianne-von-rosen-90-aar |title=Elsa Marianne von Rosen 90 år |accessdate=27 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008144617/http://forside.kvinfo.dk/nyhed/elsa-marianne-von-rosen-90-aar |archivedate=October 8, 2014 }}

= Death =

She died from natural causes on 7 September 2014 in Copenhagen. She was 90 years old.{{Cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/elsa-marianne-von-rosen-dod_3896420.svd|title=Elsa-Marianne von Rosen död|work=Svenska Dagbladet|date=8 September 2014|accessdate=22 September 2014|language=Swedish|archive-date=11 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011130609/http://www.svd.se/kultur/elsa-marianne-von-rosen-dod_3896420.svd|url-status=live}}

Filmography

1939: Skanör-Falsterbo
1940: Kyss henne!
1941: Det sägs på stan
1950: Ung och kär
1954: Balettprogram
1957: Med glorian på sned
1958: Jazzgossen
1959: Fröken Julie
1967: Lorden från gränden
1970: The Only Way

References

External links

[http://www.ballerinagallery.com/rosen.htm Elsa-Marianne von Rosen] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20140903032914/http://ballerinagallery.com/ The Ballerina Gallery]
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