Sixten Sparre
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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,[1][2][3] such as that Elvira Madigan of Bo Widerberg in 1967 (played by Thommy Berggren)[4] and a Danish film (Søren Svejstrup). [5]
Early life
Sparre af Rossvik was born on 27 September 1854 in Malmö, Sweden, the son of Sigge Rossvik and Adelaide Peijron.Template:Sfn
Personal life
In 1880, he married Countess Luitgard "Lycka" Adlercreutz.Template:Sfn
Sparre and Madigan were both buried at Tåsinge graveyard.Template:Sfn
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- 1854 births
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- Swedish military personnel who died by suicide
- Suicides by firearm in Denmark
- Swedish nobility
- 19th-century Swedish journalists
- 19th-century Swedish poets
- 19th-century Swedish military personnel
- Writers from Malmö
- Sparre family
- Murder–suicides in Denmark
- 1880s suicides