Gerda Lundequist

Life

Gerda Lundequist grew up as a foster child. Originally she wanted to be an opera singer, lack of free place to study she attended acting classes at the Royal Opera House 1886-89. Your mentor was Signe Hebbe, then a respected singer and actress. She then studied at the Drama Tens elevskola until 1891. Their debut she had 1889.

Gerda Lundequist was also a dedicated women's rights activist. She was a member of the Fogelstadgruppe, which paved the way for the typical Swedish folk high schools for women.

Among her few film work, the epic silent film Gosta Berling (1924 ) by Mauritz Stiller is probably the best-known work.