Lassen, Elna

Elna Lassen
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Name	Lassen, Elna Gender: F
born on	27 August 1901 at 14:00 (= 2:00 PM )
Place	Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, 55n46, 12e31
Timezone	MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	03°32' 03°47 Asc. 01°27'

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Biography

Danish ballerina who was the premiere danseuse of the Royal Danish Ballet. The daughter of an unskilled laborer, she was married to a Copenhagen physician. Among her admirers was Max Reinhardt. Lassen was ranked first in the Danish ballet after she returned home from studying ballet in the United States and Paris, France, from 1921–1924. She was tutored by Michel Fokine during her absence from Denmark. A diabetic, Lassen was found dead at her Copenhagen, Denmark apartment on the morning of 20 September 1930. She is though to have committed suicide with a revolver which was found by her bedside.

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Events

• Death by Suicide 20 September 1930 (Suicide by gunshot ?, Age 29)
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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield quotes from the Danish biography "Som et rosenblad for vinden" (A rose petal in the wind) by Merete Wilkenschildt (Lindhardt og Ringhof, 2010): "Så da den svenskfødte Inger Hansen den 27. august 1901 kunne sige praktiserende jordemoder Margrethe Petersen tak for hjælpen med fødslen af hendes femte datter, kunne ingen ane, at en primaballerina var født. Og jordemoderen kunne bagefter notere i sine papirer, at der i Frem nr. 30 i Lyngby var født en fuldbåren, levende pige, at fødslen havde varet fem timer, og at barnet blev født klokken to om eftermiddagen. Der var ingen særlige anmærkninger til begivenheden. Den 43-årige barselskone havde født fire gange før."

Translation: So, on 27 August 1901, when the Swedish-born Inger Hansen thanked the practicing midwife Margrethe Petersen for helping with the birth of her fifth daughter, no one suspected that a prima ballerina had been born. And the midwife could then note in the documentation that at No. 30 Frem in Lyngby was born a fully-fledged, live girl; that the birth had lasted five hours; and the baby was born at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Categories

• Personal : Death : Suicide

• Vocation : Entertain/Music : Dancer/ Teacher (Premiere danseuse of the Royal Danish Ballet)