Nils Almlöf
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Nils Vilhelm Almlöf, (1799-1875), was a Swedish actor, considered as one of the most famous in the a 19th century, called "The Swedish Talma".
Child of the court servant Nils Almlöf, he interrupted his medical studies to study sining under Craelius on the Royal Swedish Opera, where he made a huge success as Liecester in Mary Stuart opposite Charlotta Eriksson in 1821. He was a star at the Royal Dramatic Theatre for sixty years, where he was the most notable male actor in tragedy and said to have no competitors within his field. When he visited Paris in 1829, he was called the "Swedish Talma" by Mademoiselle Mars. In 1834, he had a vages of §1800, the highest paid by the theatre. He was teatcher of declamation at Dramatens elevskola 1834-1840.
He was first married to his colleague Brita Catharina Cederberg and then with the actor Charlotta Ficker, also a successful actor at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. His son with his first wife, Knut Almlöf, was also to be a famous actor.
[edit] References
- http://runeberg.org/sbh/almlnils.html
- Georg Nordensvan, "Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar"
