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Christina of Sweden
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After two centuries of darkness, the curtain has risen again on Confidencen, Sweden’s oldest surviving theatre. It is an austere building on the ground of Ulriksdals Castle near Stockholm, one of the five official residences of the Swedish royal family. Nothing about the exterior hints at what lies inside.
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Scandinavia, but especially Sweden, inevitably suggests a question as to why a group of small, sparsely populated countries ranks directly after England and the United States for the variety, vigour, and even genius of its children's literature. Hazard's north–south theory describes; it does not explain.
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Having run out of money and surfeited with excess of pageantry, Christina resolved, in the space of two years, to visit France. Here she was treated with respect by Louis XIV, but the ladies were shocked with her masculine appearance and demeanor, and the unguarded freedom of her conversation. She was in all respects a most extraordinary creature".[3]
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Provost John Etchemendy thanked HRH Princess Christina of Sweden and Peter Wallenberg, Sr. for their generosity and presented them with keepsake keys to the Wallenberg Center at the center’s opening Oct. 24. Photo: L.A. Cicero
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Christina has never quite died in terms of controversy over her reputation. She has been by turns slandered and revered, seen as a murderer of her lovers and as a saint who sacrificed her crown for religion. Clearly, that she was female and was never married contributes to the fascination surrounding her. She was an anachronism in some ways; a woman with a strong personality and a sharp intellect would fit into the modern world much more smoothly than into the Baroque Age. It was perhaps partly her own inability to feel comfortable in her time that made her restlessly give up one crown, go on to seek two or three others, and change religions and homelands.
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The complex character of Christina has inspired numerous plays, books, and operatic works. August Strindberg's 1901 Kristina depicts her as a protean, impulsive creature. "Each one gets the Christina he deserves" she remarks.
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