Talk:Fredrique Löwen

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[edit] Name

Perhaps it would be better to remove the "Ö" from her name, as the letter is sometimes troubblesome in the English language?

Keep it at the proper spelling, but make a Wikipedia:Redirect to the article with the most common English language spelling or spellings. Speaking of that, this article needs some spelling and grammar work. Some examples: officiall, oppened, native swedes, I seems that, fifteeen, actuall, to learn her the part, this has sometime ben interpetated... With just a bit more information and a copyedit, this could be a B-class article. --AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 15:57, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Name variations

They are so many variations of her name, that it's hard to know exactly what is correct, as the name is spelled in different ways in every source. One source claims, that her fathers last name was originally Löwe or Löwen (Löve or Löven), and renamed himself to Löf when he was employed at court. His children seem to have ben called both Löf and Löwe. Johanna Fredrika called herself Jeanette Fredrique; she used Fredrique, which is Fredrika in Swedish, but was spelled as Fredrica with a latin "c" in 18th century-Swedish. She changed her last name from Löf to Löwen and wished to be called Fredrique Löwen. In reality, she was often called Fredrica Löf or Jeanette Fredrique Löven. I don't really know which is the most correct version; actually, all forms seems to have ben used. I just thought i should mention it. --85.226.235.206 15:34, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

I have clearifyed the name variations in the article now. --Aciram (talk) 12:58, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

The name variations-issues seems to be solwed now. The article now says: She was born Johanna Fredrika (or Fredrica) Löf as the eldest child of seven sisters and one brother to Johan Gottfrid Löf and Catharina Charlotta Stålhand. Her father was an employee of the royal court, responsible for the silver-wear and the valuables of the royal tables, and she was baptised in the presence of a large number of the aristocracy. It was common for actors, especially female actors, to use stage names, as the profession was not considered to be entirely proper, and Johanna Fredrika called herself by the French version of her name, as French was then fashionable, and took her fathers original name (he was first named Löwe or Löwen, and changed his name to Löf) and created the stage name Jeanette Fredrique Löwen (or Löven). Commonly, she was often called Fredrika Löven or Fredrica Löf.I do believe that this is fully correct: she was born (Johanna) Fredrika Löf, called herself (Jeanette) Fredrique Löwen as a stage name, and was often called Fredrica Löf or Fredrika Löven. But I admit that all variationes is used in history books about her, so it can be confusing. No need to change anything more now, I think.--85.226.235.173 (talk) 12:34, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and she was born in 1760, not in 1762. The article said both dates. One source wrongly give the date 1762, but her sister Charlotta, Baroness Hierta (1762-1783) was born in 1762.--85.226.235.173 (talk) 13:43, 20 April 2008 (UTC)