Margit Ingeborg Rosengren (1901–1952) was a leading Swedish

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the oper ...

singer in the first half of the 20th century. After studying voice and drama, she was invited by the theatre magnate

Albert Ranft Albert Adam Ranft (23 November 1858 – 5 October 1938) was a Swedish theatre director and actor. Biography Albert Adam Ranft was born in Stockholm, the son of Adolf Fredrik Ranft and Katarina Amalia Reijhell. His brother Gustaf Adolf Ranft ...

to perform at Stockholm's

Oscarsteatern Oscarsteatern (English language, English: Oscar Theatre), also known simply as Oscars, is one of Stockholm's private theatres and is the best-known musical theatre in Sweden. It is located at Kungsgatan (Stockholm), Kungsgatan 63 in central Stock ...

. She made her début there in 1920 as the page Pueblo in the operetta ''

Don César de Bazan ''Don César de Bazan'' is an opéra comique in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery, Philippe-François Pinel " Dumanoir" and Jules Chantepie, based on the play by d'Ennery and Dumanoir, which was first perform ...

''. She subsequently performed in the Vasa and Odeon theatres and as a guest at the

Royal Swedish Opera Royal Swedish Opera () is an opera and ballet company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Location and environment The building is located in the centre of Sweden's capital, Stockholm, in the borough of Norrmalm (borough), Norrmalm, on the eastern si ...

until her retirement in 1941. She also took part in revues and had a few film roles.

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Born in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

on 17 March 1901, Margit Ingeborg Rosengren was the daughter of the wholesaler Hugo Rosengren and his wife Thérèse née Hallner who had sung in Stockholm's theatres. She had two siblings, an elder brother Kurt and a younger sister who became the film actress Birgit Rosengren. After attending the Södermalm girls' school, she studied voice in 1918–19 under Herman Brag, Haldis Ingebjart Isene and

Zulamith Wellander Zulamith Maria Wellander-Svaneskog (2 April 1857 – 27 February 1919) was a Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano who performed at the Royal Theatre in Stockholm from 1877 to 1889, also taking engagements in Augsburg, Berlin, Kassel and Copenhagen d ...

and drama under the actresses Sie Christiernsson and

Karin Swanström Karin Swanström (June 13, 1873 – July 5, 1942) was a Swedish actress, producer and director. Early life Swanström was born in St. Olai congregation in Norrköping. Little is known of her life before she was accepted for the Royal Dram ...

. In 1920, she was invited by the theatre magnate

to perform at Stockholm's

, making her début as Pueblo in ''Don César de Bazan'' and receiving an engagement until 1926. After periods with the Vasa Theatre (1927–30) and the Odeon, she returned to the Oscar where she was engaged from 1932 to 1938. Rosengren also performed as a guest in

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

Stora Teatern Stora Teatern (popularly known as Storan) is a musical theater in the Lorensberg district of Gothenburg, Sweden. Inaugurated in 1859, it is situated in Kungsparken park south of Kungsportsplatsen. It was originally founded to replace the ''Sege ...

in the mid 1920s and from 1939 to 1941 at Stockholm's Royal Opera. She also toured the neighbouring Scandinavian capitals and sang in revues in Stockholm's

Circus A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicy ...

and Hippodrame theatres. She is remembered for playing Hanna Glaware in ''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The Libretto, librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein (writer), Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's ...

'' and Sylva Varescu in '' Csárdásfurstinnan'' at the Royal Theatre. Roles at the Vasa Theatre included Mimi in ''Adjö Mimi'', Vera Lisaveta in ''Sista valsen'', La Flamme in ''Rose-Marie'' and Anna in ''Hotell Stadt Lemberg''. Margit Rosengren died in Stockholm on 23 March 1952 and was buried in Solna's

Norra begravningsplatsen Norra begravningsplatsen, literally "The Northern Burial Place" in Swedish, is a major cemetery of the Stockholm urban area, located in Solna Municipality. Inaugurated on 9 June 1827, it is the burial site for a number of Swedish notables. Th ...

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