Siri von Essen

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Siri von Essen (1850 - 1912) Finland-Swedish noblewoman and actress. Married to baron Carl Gustaf Wrangel af Sauss in 1872-1876 and, after the divorce, to the Swedish writer August Strindberg between 1877-1891. Together they had three children: two daughters, Karin Smirnov (born 1880) and Greta (born 1881) and a son, Hans (born 1884 in Lausanne, Switzerland).

Siri had always wanted to become an actress, but it was not considered suitable for a noblewoman, which was what she stated as a reason for the divorce. Between 1877 and 1881, she was an actress at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, and her husband wrote many plays for her. She was fired because of a pregnancy.

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