Sixten Sparre | |
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| Born | 27 September 1854
Malmö, Sweden |
| Died | 19 July 1889 (aged 34)
Tåsinge, Denmark |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Spouse |
Luitgard Adelcreutz (
m. 1880) |
| Partner | Elvira Madigan |
Bengt Edvard Sixten "Sigge" Sparre af Rossvik (27 September 1854 – 19 July 1889) was a Swedish nobleman, lieutenant, cavalry officer, journalist, poet, mostly known for the murder of circus performer Elvira Madigan in a murder-suicide. Their story has been subject to several theatrical and cinematic productions, [1] [2] [3] such as that Elvira Madigan of Bo Widerberg in 1967 (played by Thommy Berggren) [4] and a Danish film ( Søren Svejstrup). [5]
Sparre af Rossvik was born on 27 September 1854 in Malmö, Sweden, the son of Sigge Rossvik and Adelaide Peijron. [6]
In 1880, he married Countess Luitgard "Lycka" Adlercreutz. [6]
Sparre and Madigan were both buried at Tåsinge graveyard. [7]
- ^ Borgström, Camilla (12 April 2021). "Kathinka Lindhe: Jag hittade sanningen om Sixten Sparre". www.allas.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Radio, Sveriges (19 January 2015). "Drabbad av skandalen - Släktband". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Malin Ullgren: Missa inte – sista veckan med Elvira och Sixten". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 24 June 2019. ISSN 1101-2447. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Ahlberg, Ulrika (17 January 2021). "Kathinka Lindhe om sin släkting Sixten Sparre: "Han var en kallblodig mördare"". hallandsposten.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Søren Svejstrup - dansk film database". danskefilm.dk.
- ^ a b Lewenhaupt 1922, p. 1133.
- ^ Lindorm 1936, p. 240.
- Lewenhaupt, Claës C:son (1922). Sveriges Ridderskaps och Adels Kalender 1923 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag.
- Lindorm, Erik (1936). Oscar II och hans tid. En bokfilm (in Swedish). pp. 240–241.
- Ejbye-Ernst, Arne (1954). Det Danske Mayerling-drama (in Danish).
- Jansen, Henrik M. (1987). Elvira Madigan & Sixten Sparre (in Danish). Ringe: Forl. Misteltenen. ISBN 87-87769-09-3.
- Enevig, Anders (2005). Fakta om Elvira Madigan og Sixten Sparre (in Danish). Odder: Wisby & Wilkens. ISBN 87-89191-67-6.
- Grönqvist, Klas (2013). En droppe föll – En bok om Elvira Madigan (in Swedish). Sandared: Recito Förlag. ISBN 978-91-7517-506-5.
- Lindhe, Kathinka (2014). Sorgeliga saker hände: Elvira Madigan, Sixten och mig: en historia om Lycka, berättad 125 år senare (in Swedish). Halmstad: Utblick media. ISBN 978-91-86709-31-0.
- Lindhe, Kathinka (2020). Vacker var han, utav börd: Sixten Sparre, mannen som mördade Elvira Madigan (in Swedish). Lund: Ekström & Garay. ISBN 978-91-89308-29-9.
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- 1889 deaths
- Swedish military personnel who died by suicide
- Suicides by firearm in Denmark
- Swedish nobility
- 19th-century Swedish journalists
- 19th-century Swedish poets
- 19th-century Swedish military personnel
- Writers from Malmö
- Sparre family
- Murder–suicides in Europe
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Sixten Sparre | |
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| Born | 27 September 1854
Malmö, Sweden |
| Died | 19 July 1889 (aged 34)
Tåsinge, Denmark |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Spouse |
Luitgard Adelcreutz (
m. 1880) |
| Partner | Elvira Madigan |
Bengt Edvard Sixten "Sigge" Sparre af Rossvik (27 September 1854 – 19 July 1889) was a Swedish nobleman, lieutenant, cavalry officer, journalist, poet, mostly known for the murder of circus performer Elvira Madigan in a murder-suicide. Their story has been subject to several theatrical and cinematic productions, [1] [2] [3] such as that Elvira Madigan of Bo Widerberg in 1967 (played by Thommy Berggren) [4] and a Danish film ( Søren Svejstrup). [5]
Sparre af Rossvik was born on 27 September 1854 in Malmö, Sweden, the son of Sigge Rossvik and Adelaide Peijron. [6]
In 1880, he married Countess Luitgard "Lycka" Adlercreutz. [6]
Sparre and Madigan were both buried at Tåsinge graveyard. [7]
- ^ Borgström, Camilla (12 April 2021). "Kathinka Lindhe: Jag hittade sanningen om Sixten Sparre". www.allas.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Radio, Sveriges (19 January 2015). "Drabbad av skandalen - Släktband". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Malin Ullgren: Missa inte – sista veckan med Elvira och Sixten". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 24 June 2019. ISSN 1101-2447. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Ahlberg, Ulrika (17 January 2021). "Kathinka Lindhe om sin släkting Sixten Sparre: "Han var en kallblodig mördare"". hallandsposten.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Søren Svejstrup - dansk film database". danskefilm.dk.
- ^ a b Lewenhaupt 1922, p. 1133.
- ^ Lindorm 1936, p. 240.
- Lewenhaupt, Claës C:son (1922). Sveriges Ridderskaps och Adels Kalender 1923 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag.
- Lindorm, Erik (1936). Oscar II och hans tid. En bokfilm (in Swedish). pp. 240–241.
- Ejbye-Ernst, Arne (1954). Det Danske Mayerling-drama (in Danish).
- Jansen, Henrik M. (1987). Elvira Madigan & Sixten Sparre (in Danish). Ringe: Forl. Misteltenen. ISBN 87-87769-09-3.
- Enevig, Anders (2005). Fakta om Elvira Madigan og Sixten Sparre (in Danish). Odder: Wisby & Wilkens. ISBN 87-89191-67-6.
- Grönqvist, Klas (2013). En droppe föll – En bok om Elvira Madigan (in Swedish). Sandared: Recito Förlag. ISBN 978-91-7517-506-5.
- Lindhe, Kathinka (2014). Sorgeliga saker hände: Elvira Madigan, Sixten och mig: en historia om Lycka, berättad 125 år senare (in Swedish). Halmstad: Utblick media. ISBN 978-91-86709-31-0.
- Lindhe, Kathinka (2020). Vacker var han, utav börd: Sixten Sparre, mannen som mördade Elvira Madigan (in Swedish). Lund: Ekström & Garay. ISBN 978-91-89308-29-9.
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| Other | |
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- 1854 births
- 1889 deaths
- Swedish military personnel who died by suicide
- Suicides by firearm in Denmark
- Swedish nobility
- 19th-century Swedish journalists
- 19th-century Swedish poets
- 19th-century Swedish military personnel
- Writers from Malmö
- Sparre family
- Murder–suicides in Europe
- 1880s suicides
- Crime stubs
- Swedish people stubs