Jeanna Bjuggren, known by her maiden name Jeanna Falk (15 August 1901 – 16 July 1980) was a Swedish dancer and dance teacher. Falk was born in

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, Sweden. She studied dance and music in

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, she studied under Jaques-Dalcroze from 1920 to 1921 and

Mary Wigman Mary Wigman (born Karoline Sophie Marie Wiegmann; 13 November 1886 – 18 September 1973) was a German dancer and choreographer who pioneered expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement training without pointe shoes. She is considered on ...

from 1921 to 1923, where she was teaching a diploma. Jeanna Falk debuted after dancing evenings on the continent in Stockholm in 1924. She learned the art of expressive movement at the plastic Institute. She undertook study trips to

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and

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. Falk became a teacher at the

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on the topic of dance in 1926 and at the

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from 1939. She performed dance pieces of a ''Midsummer Night’s Dream'' at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1927, and the ''Merchant of Venice'' at the

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in 1930, and inside the gates at Vasateatern in 1936. Jeanna Falk, whose parents were Ferdinand Falk and Ida Rosenberger, married

Björn Bjuggren Lieutenant General Björn Gustaf Eriksson Bjuggren, “Bjuggas”, (29 January 1904 – 4 April 1968) was a Swedish Air Force officer and aviator. Bjuggren senior commands include wing commander of the Jämtland Wing, head of the Royal Swedis ...

(1904–1968) in 1933. She died in 1980 in Stockholm and was buried at

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