Gustava Charlotte (Charlotta) Slottsberg (29 May in Stockholm 1760 – 29 May in Stockholm 1800), was a Swedish ballerina-dancer, one of the first native dancers in the Royal Swedish Ballet on the Royal Swedish Opera and one of the most successful ones. In a time when the majority of the professional dancers in Sweden where from France and Italy, such as the French Ninon Dubois le Clerc and the Italian Giovanna Bassi, she represented native talent in this profession. Stockholm [, ] is the capital and the largest City of Sweden. ... Stockholm [, ] is the capital and the largest City of Sweden. ... Stockholm [, ] is the capital and the largest City of Sweden. ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... // ON MAY 5 1853 MR.FADER HAD SEX WITH A MAN NAME MR WIEN THEN THEY HAD SON NAMEDMRS COTURE AND MR MANOOGIAN WENT INTO MRS HASKELLS OFFICE NAKED AND DANCED AROUND AND MASTERBATED ON HER CHEST AND SHE LICKED IT OFF THEN THEY HAD ORAL SEEX WITH NAPLOEAN OF... Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1943 to 1960 and prima ballerina assoluta from 1960 to 1990. ... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... The Royal Swedish Opera, as seen from the southwest King Gustav III founded the ballet in 1773 as a part of his national cultural project; he also founded the Royal Swedish Opera and the Royal Dramatic Theatre. ... The Royal Swedish Opera, as seen from the southwest The Royal Swedish Opera, or Kungliga Operan, is the national stage for opera in Sweden. ...

Childhood and debute

Born in a poor home as the child of the whig-maker Andreas Slottsberg and the dancer Lovisa Charlotta Schumbardt, Charlotte Slottsberg danced as a child on smaller stages and at travelling theatre-companies around the city of Stockholm together with her mother and her aunts, who were also dancers. It appears she was later educated by the dancers in the French theatre-company hired to perform at the court of queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. In October 1771, her mother, "Madame Slottsberg", and her two aunts are mentioned as employes in the ballet in Bollhuset. Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (Swedish: Lovisa Ulrika; German: Luise Ulrike) (1720—1782) was Queen consort of Sweden between 1751 and 1771. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Bollhuset, also called by the names , , and during the centuries, was the name of the first theatre of Stockholm, Sweden; it was the first Swedish theatre and the first real theatre building in Scandinavia. ...

At the age of thirteen in 1773, she was formally hired at the Royal Swedish Opera in Bollhuset as a second-dancer. This first class of native talents on the grand stage consisted of former servants and children of musicians; it was soon to present great ballerinas such as Anna Sofia Lind and Ulrika Åberg, but in the first troup of 1773, Charlotte Slottsberg and Magdalena Lundblad was two of the very few Swedish dancers with formal training and experience. The situation was the same among the male dancers, were the most notable Swedish dancer was Louis Deland, whos father was from Luxembourg. Year 1773 (MDCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Royal Swedish Opera, as seen from the southwest The Royal Swedish Opera, or Kungliga Operan, is the national stage for opera in Sweden. ...

Career in the Royal Swedish ballet

In 1773, she took part in the famous play Thetis and Phelée, known as the first Swedish-speaking Opera-performance, with the Prima donna Elisabeth Olin and Carl Stenborg in the main parts; a nother participant in the play, who were to become famous, was Christoffer Christian Karsten, the grandfather of Marie Taglioni. She played the part of Virtue, which she did very well, according to the judgements, and was good friends with Elisabeth Olin's daughter Betty Olin, who played the part of Love. In 1778, Gjörwell describes her : "As beautiful as a spring day". This article is about the Greek sea nymph. ... Peleus consigns Achilles to Chirons care, white-ground lekythos by the Edinburgh Painter, ca. ... Portrait of Elisabeth Olin Elisabeth Olin, née Lillström, (1740-1828) was one of the first professional female singers in Sweden, the first Swedish Opera- prima donna, a court-singer, an actress, and composer. ... Marie Taglioni, in a colored lithograph, circa 1831 (Victoria & Albert Museum). ...

Charlotte Slottberg had a lot of confidence, and did not care much about good behaviour; she is described as vulgar, rude and a tease, and she certainly knew well how to attract attention - She is described racing through the streets of Stockholm in a fancy carriage after black horses. She was widely regarded as a courtesan, and she did have rich lovers she benefited finacially from, but she was also supported by her career as a dancer. For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). ... A courtesan in mid-16th century usage was a high-class prostitute or mistress, especially one associated with rich, powerful, or upper-class men who provided luxuries and status in exchange for her services. ...

She continued her career as a dancer in parallel; she was more successful than any other native dancer in Sweden of her time, and was in the 1786-1787 season made premier-dancer. Among the parts she danced was Aurora in the Procris and Cephal by Grétry with Carl Stenborg and Lovisa Augusti the season 1777-1778 and Lucile in the pantomimeballet La Rosiére de Salency by Jean Marcadet with Antoine Bournonville and Carlo Uttini in 1786-1787 season. In 22 September 1789 she played Elmira in Soliman och de tre sultaninnorna (Soliman and the three sultanesses) in the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Bollhuset. She retired as a dancer after the 1788-1789 season. 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... André Ernest Modeste Grétry (February 8, 1741 – September 24, 1813), a Belgian composer, who worked from 1767 onwards in France. ... Lovisa Sofia Augusti, born as Ester Salomon (or Salmoni), (1756-1790), was a Swedish singer. ... Year 1777 (MDCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1778 (MDCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Pantomime (disambiguation). ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1789 (MDCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Elmira is the name of some places in the United States of America and Canada: Elmira, California Elmira, Michigan Elmira, New York Elmira, Ontario This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Royal Dramatic Theatre or in Swedish Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially known in Sweden as Dramaten, is Swedens national stage for spoken drama. Around one thousand shows are played annually on the theatres eight running stages. ...

Private life

Just as her colleague, Sophie Hagman, she became a mistress of one of the princes, duke Charles, the later king Charles XIII of Sweden, in the mid 1770s, and she is mainly remembered for this. She was not an official mistress as Hagman, nor as liked by the court as she was (she is mentioned quite condescendingly by Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp), and neither was she the only mistress of prince Charles (who was talked about as having a harem of mistresses), though she was called his "favourite sultaness", but she does seem to have had a great influence over him. She gave him a great interest in culture, made him write plays, and cheered him up when he was depressed, though it is not known if she ever had any political influence; she also gave him an interest in champagne, which she liked herself. She was also Charles' most long term mistress; their relationship, though not exclusive on either part, lasted for about twenty years, until 1797. Sophie Hagman (1758-1826), was a Swedish dancer and mistress to Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden. ... Charles XIII (Swe: Karl XIII) (October 7, 1748 - February 5, 1818), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway (where he was known as Carl II) from 1814 until his death. ... Events and Trends For more events, see 18th century United States Declaration of Independence ratified by the Continental Congress (July 4, 1776). ... Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp Painted as Queen of Sweden and Norway at the age of 55 by Carl Fredrik von Breda, 1814. ... This article is about Champagne, the alcoholic beverage. ... 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

She was not "kept" by duke Charles, rather, he was one of her clients. In one of her letters to a nobleman, she informs him that she had noticed that a loveletter from the duke had ben taken from her room, and that she knew that it was him (the nobleman); in this letter, she informs the nobleman, that "I did not expect a gentleman to behave thusly", and that she expects him to return it to her promptly; if he does not, she will have to inform the duke, "which i am sure Your Grace would prefer to avoid", but if he does, she would continue to be of service. Among her other lovers were the statesmen count Fredrik Sparre and C.W.Seele.

In 1799, she married captain Adolph Granholm, a former marine officer. Through her connections, she had acquired quite a substantial fortune. When she died in 1800, her former lover duke Charles confiscated her fortune despite the protests of her widower and her surviving mother.

See also

• Hedda Hjortsberg
• Charlotte Eckerman

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Sources

• Carin Österberg, "Svenska Kvinnor", (Swedish women), (Swedish), 1990.
• Ingvar Andersson, Gustavianskt, (Swedish).
• http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Giornata=Marted%EC&Giorno=22&Mese=09, (Swedish).
• Kungliga teatern: Repertoar 1773-1973, (Swedish).
• http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:rdsObgH6HWcJ:www.muslib.se/ebibliotek/STM/STM1984/STM1984KuzmickHansell.pdf+ulrika+%C3%A5berg+dans%C3%B6s+gustaviansk+balett&hl=sv&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=se, (Swedish).
• http://www.bankgarden.se/index.php?l=netherwood, (Swedish).
• http://runeberg.org/ordochbild/1912/0077.html, (Swedish).
• "Svenska män och kvinnor, bok nr 7", Torsten Dahl, 1954, (Swedish).