Elvira Madigan

Elvira Madigan
Elvira Madigan.
Born
Hedvig Antoinette Isabella Eleonore Jensen

(1867-12-04)4 December 1867
Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia
Died19 July 1889(1889-07-19) (aged 21)
Tåsinge, Denmark
OccupationCircus performer
Parent(s)Frederik Peter Jensen (father)
Eleonora Cecilie Christine Marie Olsen (mother)

Hedvig Antoinette Isabella Eleonore Jensen (4 December 1867  – 19 July 1889), better known by her stage name Elvira Madigan, was a circus performer who performed as a slack rope dancer, artistic rider, juggler and dancer. She is best known today for her romantic relationship with the Swedish nobleman and cavalry officer Sixten Sparre. Their joint death caused great sensation and the event was described in song by, among others, the author Johan Lindström Saxon in a song beginning "Sad things happen", which gained great popularity.

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