Siri von Essen
Sigrid Sofia Matilda Elisabet von Essen ( born August 17, 1850 in Porvoo, Finland, † April 21, 1912 ) was a Finland-Swedish actress.
Life
Her parents were the captain Karl Reinhold von Essen and Elisabet Charlotta In de Betou. Siri was educated at home by a French-speaking governess. When she was 13 years old, her family moved to Paris, where she spent several months in a convent school. After the family was forced to sell their property, they moved in 1868 to Stockholm. With her first husband, Lieutenant Baron Carl Gustaf Wrangel af Sauss ( marriage 1872-1876 ) she received in 1873 her daughter Sigrid, but died in 1877. 1875 met Siri August Strindberg and a year later she and her husband decided to get a divorce, because Siri wanted to work as an actress, which would have been incompatible with the rank and social position of her husband. In the autumn of 1876 Siri took theater classes and had her first appearance in 1877 as an actress at the Dramatan in Stockholm. On 30 December the same year married Siri August Strindberg. Their first child was born shortly afterwards, but died a few days after birth.
In 1882, Strindberg wrote two pieces directly for Siri: Mr. Bengt hustru and Lycko - Pers resa. Her daughter Karin was born in 1880, Greta 1881. When she became pregnant again, was terminated from her Dramatan. 1883 the family traveled abroad and lived in France and Switzerland. Her son Hans was born in 1884. After the court case following the publication of Strindberg's short story collection Giftas (spouses) decided August, never to return to Sweden. In Grez -sur -Loing Siri, a friend of the Danish Marie David. August accused the two to have a lesbian relationship. 1888 started August and Siri in Denmark, a " Scandinavian trial theater ". Siri played the title role in Fröken Julie (Miss Julie ). Due to poor economy, the theater was re-dissolved. Siri and August 1889 moved back to Stockholm and began in the following year with the divorce proceedings. The marriage ended in 1891. In the spring of 1893, the divorce was official and Siri received the education of their children. She moved with these to Finland and supplied themselves and the children through translations and theater classes.
She died of a stroke in 1912 and is buried in Solna.
August Strindberg wrote after the divorce the book En försvarstal Dares ( The Confession of a Fool ), which is about their relationship.