Djurgårdsteatern

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Djurgårdsteatern was built on the initiative of actor and theatre manager Abraham de Broen (1759-1804), who had a royal privilege from 1795 for himself and his family as a theatre company, permitted to play on Djurgården. By means of voluntary contributions from well-to-do citizens with an interest in theatre, a yellow "theatre barn" was built near the bridge. Djurgårdsteatern opened in 1801. It was initially a summer theatre and a hub for the travelling theatre companies that toured Sweden in the winter season. The old "barn" was dismantled in 1863, to give room for a new building for Djurgårdsteatern. This building, however, burned down after only one active season, in May 1865.^[1][2][3]

Managers of Djurgårdsteatern 1801-1861

• 1801–1804: Abraham de Broen
• 1804–1809: Maria Elisabet Grundt - widow of Abraham
• 1809–1814: Isaac de Broen - son of the above couple
• 1814–1815: Christina Margareta Cederberg - widow of Isaac
• 1815–1835: Carl Wildner - husband of Isaac's sister Debora Aurora
• 1835–1837: Pierre Deland - married to Isaac's daughter Charlotte
• 1835–1849: Ulrik Torsslow (1835–37 overlapping with Deland)
• 1849–1861: Pierre Deland

de Broen family

Abraham de Broen and Maria Elisabet Grundt married in 1782 and had ten children:

1. Mamsell Sara Hedvig de Broen (1782-1857) - lived in the theatre building
2. Herr Isaac de Broen (1783-1814) - theatre manager
3. Carl Fredric (1784-1785) - died in infancy
4. Maria Lowisa de Broen (1786-1839) - married a lawman in Västerås
5. Demoiselle Gustava de Broen (1788-1854) - lived in Västerås and Uppsala
6. Fru Debora Aurora (de Broen) Wildner (1790-1862) - lived in the theatre building
7. Abraham (1792-1797) - died in childhood
8. Mamsell Sophia Mathilda de Broen (1793-1834) - lived in the theatre building
9. Herr Carl Gustaf de Broen (1794-1845) - music director and owner of nearby inn Lusthusporten
10. Mamsell Cornelia Albertina de Broen (1796-1862)

Household records

In 1834, 1835 and 1836 the theatre house is noted as uninhabited. There must have been living quarters, but people were rarely registered there.^[4][5][6]

• In 1837 for the first time Directeuren C.G. de Broen and his family are registered in Theaterhuset.^[7]
  • wife Cicilia (1808)
  • son Abraham Gustaf Theodor (1830)
  • daughter Achatia Elisabeth (1836)
  • sister Hedvig de Broen
  • one male work hand and two maids
• In 1838 the theatre house is again uninhabited.^[8] (The de Broen household will have lived in the house Cecilia had inherited).
• Theaterhuset 1839 - a great part of Torsslow's troup registered there^[9]
  • Manager Olof Ulric Torsslow (1801)
    • wife Sara Fredrica (1795)
    • son Olof Axel (1825)
    • son Matts Ulric (1827)
    • son Sten Harald (1838)
    • daughter Nanna (1822)
    • daughter Wallb org (1829)
    • daughter Hellfrid (1831)
    • widow Cathrina Neukirk (1782)
    • wardrobe maid Hjertrud Wilhelmina Dyts (1784)
    • maid Gustava Johanna Malmström (1802)
  • actor Sven Johan Malmström (1802)
    • wife Margareta Charlotta (1802)
    • son Carl Johan Fredric (1825)
    • son Sven Julius Victor (1831)
    • daughter J. Charlotta Henrica (1836)
    • daughter Maria Ch. Ott. (1828)
    • daughter Hulda Augusta Wallborg (1833)
    • daughter Julia Elisabeth Aurora (1834)
    • daughter Hilda Margareta Wilhelmina (1837)
    • daughter Sara Elfrida Wilhelmina (1839)
  • actor Fredric Deland (1812)
    • wife Emili Rosalia (1719)
    • daughter Nanna Eva Fredrika (1838)
  • actor Carl Gustaf Happe (1803)
  • actor L. J. von Olthoff (1810)
  • student actor G. R. Broman (1815)
    • wife Augusta Wilhelmina (1814)
  • student actor Carl Eric Kihlén (1811)
  • student actor W. T. Gille (1816)
    • wife Hedvig Calista Nicolina (1818)
  • student actor Carl Johan Albion (1814)
  • student actor Carl Johan Sjöberg (1811)
    • wife Maria Christina Wilhelmina (1808)
  • student actor Carl Fredric Lagerqvist (1819)
  • Actress Georgina Widerberg (1821)
  • theatre hand C.P. Mothander (1801) - known for Mothanders manege
    • wife Malla Helena (1804)
    • son Carl Gustaf (1826)
• In 1840 most of the company lived at nearby Stärkelsebacken, and the Theatre House was unoccupied.^[10][11]

Sources

1. ↑ Abraham de Broen, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av O. WlESELGREN.), hämtad 2021-08-31.
2. ↑ Jan Mårtenson (2007). Kungliga Djurgården. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. s. 72-75, ISBN 9789146216018
3. ↑ Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (1906) - online at runeberg.org
4. ↑ Hedvig Eleonora (A, AB) AIb:1 (1834-1849) Bild 16

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5. ↑ Hedvig Eleonora (A, AB) AIb:1 (1834-1849) Bild 26

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6. ↑ Hedvig Eleonora (A, AB) AIb:1 (1834-1849) Bild 37

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7. ↑ Hedvig Eleonora (A, AB) AIb:1 (1834-1849) Bild 49

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8. ↑ Hedvig Eleonora (A, AB) AIb:1 (1834-1849) Bild 63

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9. ↑ Hedvig Eleonora (A, AB) AIb:1 (1834-1849) Bild 76

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10. ↑ Hedvig Eleonora (A, AB) AIb:1 (1834-1849) Bild 90

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11. ↑ Hedvig Eleonora (A, AB) AIb:1 (1834-1849) Bild 93

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