Sara Torsslow

Sara Fredrica Torsslow née Strömstedt (11 June 1795 - 18 June 1859) was a Swedish stage actress. She was one of the most famed actresses in Sweden during the first half of the 19th century, and an elite member of the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Life Sara Torsslow was born in Stockholm as the daughter of a spice merchant. In 1807, at the age of eleven, she was enrolled in the Royal Dramatic Training Academy, where she was instructed by Maria Franck, at that time an elite actress famed as a tragedienne of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.