Sixten Sparre
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, such as that Elvira Madigan of Bo Widerberg in 1967 (played by Thommy Berggren) and a Danish film (Søren Svejstrup).
Sixten Sparre
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- Name
- Sixten Sparre
- Born
- 27 September 1854
- Birthplace
- Malmö, Sweden
- Died
- 19 July 1889 (aged 34)
- Place of death
- Tåsinge, Denmark
- Nationality
- Sweden.
- Occupation
- military personnel and poet.
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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, such as that Elvira Madigan of Bo Widerberg in 1967 (played by Thommy Berggren) and a Danish film (Søren Svejstrup).
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• Name — Sixten Sparre • Born — 27 September 1854 • Birthplace — Malmö, Sweden • Died — 19 July 1889 (aged 34) • Place of death — Tåsinge, Denmark • Partner — Elvira Madigan
Early life
Early life
Sparre af Rossvik was born on 27 September 1854 in Malmö, Sweden, the son of Sigge Rossvik and Adelaide Peijron.
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In 1880, he married Countess Luitgard "Lycka" Adlercreutz. Sparre and Madigan were both buried at Tåsinge graveyard.
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1854
Sixten Sparre born at Malmö.
1889
Sixten Sparre died at Denmark.
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- 1.Borgström, Camilla. Kathinka Lindhe: Jag hittade sanningen om Sixten Sparre. www.allas.se. 12 April 2021.
- 2.Radio, Sveriges. Drabbad av skandalen - Släktband. sverigesradio.se. 19 January 2015.
- 3.Malin Ullgren: Missa inte – sista veckan med Elvira och Sixten. Dagens Nyheter. 24 June 2019. 1101-2447.
- 4.Ahlberg, Ulrika. Kathinka Lindhe om sin släkting Sixten Sparre: "Han var en kallblodig mördare". hallandsposten.se. 17 January 2021.
- 5.Søren Svejstrup - dansk film database. danskefilm.dk.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- Lewenhaupt, Claës C:son. Sveriges Ridderskaps och Adels Kalender 1923. Albert Bonniers förlag. 1922.
- Lindorm, Erik. Oscar II och hans tid. En bokfilm. 240–241. 1936.
- Ejbye-Ernst, Arne. Det Danske Mayerling-drama. 1954.
- Jansen, Henrik M. Elvira Madigan & Sixten Sparre. Forl. Misteltenen. 1987. 87-87769-09-3.
- Enevig, Anders. Fakta om Elvira Madigan og Sixten Sparre. Wisby & Wilkens. 2005. 87-89191-67-6.
- Grönqvist, Klas. En droppe föll – En bok om Elvira Madigan. Recito Förlag. 2013. 978-91-7517-506-5.
- Lindhe, Kathinka. Sorgeliga saker hände: Elvira Madigan, Sixten och mig: en historia om Lycka, berättad 125 år senare. Utblick media. 2014. 978-91-86709-31-0.
- Lindhe, Kathinka. Vacker var han, utav börd: Sixten Sparre, mannen som mördade Elvira Madigan. Ekström & Garay. 2020. 978-91-89308-29-9.
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He was the child of Adelaide Virginia Peijron. He married Luitgard Adlercreutz. Other recorded relations include Adelaide Elisabeth Schön.
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