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. She married the courtier and diplomat Henrik de Maré in 1887 and was the mother of

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, founder of the

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. After divorcing de Maré in 1906, Ellen married the art historian Johnny Roosval the year after.The Family
", Hallwylska museet. Roosval was twelve years her junior and her son's tutor, which created a scandal in Sweden. During the 1920s, she exhibited her sculptures at the

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. She was given the

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in 1925.

References

* Eva Helena Cassel-Pihl, red (1992). ''Wilhelminas döttrar''. Stockholm: Hallwylska museet.

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