Concordia Cornelia Johanna Selander,

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth ...

''Hård'' (

Arboga Arboga () is a locality and the seat of Arboga Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden with 10,330 inhabitants in 2010. Overview The city of Arboga is known to have existed as a town since the 13th century but the area has been inhabited s ...

, 2 June 1861 – 31 March 1935), was a

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actress and theatre manager. Her father was a music instrument maker. She first trained at the school of the Royal Swedish Ballet (1874–80) and later at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy (1878–83). She was active at Stora teatern in Gothenburg 1883–85, at various travelling theatre companies in 1885–88, and at the Swedish Theatre (Stockholm) in 1888–89. In 1887, she married Hjalmar Selander, and from 1889 onward she was actor and co-manager of their own

Selander Company The Selander Company was a famous and renowned theatre company in Sweden from 1889–1928 run by the theatre couple Hjalmar and Concordia Selander. They were famous for discovering and producing young stage talents, for quality productions on to ...

. From 1917 onward, she also worked as an actress in films.

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Projekt Runeberg

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* 1861 births 1935 deaths People from Arboga Municipality Swedish stage actresses Swedish film actresses Swedish silent film actresses 20th-century Swedish actresses Swedish theatre directors 19th-century Swedish actresses 19th-century theatre managers {{Theat-bio-stub