Bollhuset at Slottsbacken in Stockholm during the 1780s. From right to left: Stockholm Palace, Storkyrkan, Bollhuset Theatre and the Tessin Palace (drawing by Martin Rudolf Heland)Bollhuset to the left of the royal palace Tre Kronor in 1650. By Wolfgang Hartmann.
Bollhuset, also called Stora Bollhuset (The Big Ball House), Bollhusteatern (Ball House Theater), and Gamla Bollhuset (Old Ball House) at various times, was the name of the first theater in Stockholm, Sweden; it was the first Swedish theater and the first real theater building in the whole of Scandinavia. It was built in 1627 for ball sports and used in this way for forty years. The name Lejonkulan, however, was, in fact, the name of a different building, which was also used by the same theater in the 17th century.
Bollhuset was the scene of a long series of most important events in the history of the theater in the city and in the history of Swedish theater. Between 1667 and 1792 it was used as a theater until it was demolished in 1793; between 1737 and 1754, the first national theater was located here; in 1773–1782 the Royal Swedish Opera (and thereby also the Royal Swedish Ballet) was located here; in 1783–1792 the French theater of Stockholm was housed here; in 1787 the second national theater was re-founded in the building; and from 1788 to 1792 it was the home of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
Bollhuset, also called Stora Bollhuset (The Big Ball House), Bollhusteatern (Ball House Theater), and Gamla Bollhuset (Old Ball House) at various times...
patron of the arts. The Swedish Opera company had first been located in Bollhuset, but there was a need to separate the Opera from the theatre and give...
National Academy of Mime and Acting). The first Swedish theatre opened in Bollhuset and Lejonkulan in 1667 and employed only foreign companies. While the...
the newly founded Swedish theatre by refusing to extend their access to Bollhuset; her reason for this was opposition toward the theatre among the clergy...
anything to do with the founding of the first Swedish speaking theater at Bollhuset during his reign. One of his few important policies was the banning of...
1754–1773, between the closure of the first national Swedish theatre in Bollhuset and the foundation of the next, The Royal Swedish Opera and the Royal...
1648–1653, originally intended for ball games, and thus called Lilla bollhuset ("Small Ball House"), but mostly used as a theatre, was taken over by...
Opera Royal Swedish Academy of Music Culture of Sweden History of Sweden Bollhuset Sauter, Willmar (January 2011). "The Drottningholm Court Theatre and the...
several years. Until 1786, he was the director for the French theatre in Bollhuset and had a great importance for the development for the organisation of...
Just like two other buildings nearer the palace, the Little Bollhuset and the Great Bollhuset, it was occasionally used by the various foreign theater companies...
Dramatic Theatre. All of these were initially located in the old theatre of Bollhuset. The troupe was founded with the opening of the Royal Swedish Opera, which...
Frederick I 6 June - Premier of the Den Afwundsiuke by Olof von Dalin at Bollhuset in Stockholm. August - A treaty with France is made against the opposition...
Confidencen, but they also performed for the public in the theatre of Bollhuset in Stockholm during the Winter. After the season of 1753-54, the Stockholm...
Thetis and Phelée, performed by Carl Stenborg and Elisabeth Olin in Bollhuset in Stockholm, Sweden, marks the establishment of the Royal Swedish Opera...
of Swedish ballet at the Royal Swedish Ballet upon its foundation in Bollhuset in 1773. In 1774, at the age of fifteen, she debuted as a translator by...
published in his name. Badin participated in plays at the French Theatre in Bollhuset; he is listed as a dancer in a ballet in the 1769–70 season and played...
Alfhild in Syrinx, referred to as Sweden's first native opéra comique, at Bollhuset in 1747. She became a famed vocalist in the regular public concerts at...
a member of the pioneer actors of the first Swedish national stage in Bollhuset, and as the leader of the Stenborg theatre company, one of only two professional...
in the Swedish language, by the first native actors, on the stage of Bollhuset in Stockholm. October 16 – An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of...
theater, as she evicted the newly founded Swedish language theater at Bollhuset and replaced it with a French Theatre, the Du Londel Troupe, which was...
play to be performed at inauguration of the first Swedish theatre in Bollhuset in Stockholm, Den Svenska Sprätthöken by Carl Gyllenborg, in the part...
performers at the first national stage Kungliga svenska skådeplatsen in Bollhuset. He was a pioneer performer and the first native ballet master and likely...
of Bollhuset. 1752: The first modern hospital, Serafimerlasarettet, is founded. 1753: The Du Londel Troupe inaugurate the French theater at Bollhuset. 1754:...
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