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Sigurd Harald Lund

Swedish choreographer (1823–1906)

Born 1823 · CopenhagenDied 1906Sweden
Sigurd Harald Lund
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Sigurd Harald Lund was a Swedish choreographer, dancer and ballet master, born in 1823 in Copenhagen, who died in 1906.

Biography

Sigurd Harald Lund (1823–1906) was a Swedish ballet dancer, choreographer and director. He was ballet master of the Royal Swedish Ballet in 1856–1862 and 1890–1894.

Sigurd Harald Lund was the son of the Danish actor Kristian Lund and Katharine Kristine Heckel. He married first to Hansine Leonardine Hansen, and later to the ballerina Hilda Lund. He was a student of August Bournonville. He became a student at the Royal Swedish Ballet in 1832, a second dancer in 1846, premier dancer in 1849, and First Premier Dancer in 1853. He also made choreographs for ballets.

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