Barbara Ekenberg
Elsa Barbro "Barbara" Ekenberg (1717–25 May 1799), was the owner and manager of a coffeehouse in Stockholm in 1772–1799. She was a figure in the work of Carl Michael Bellman, who dedicated to her one of his Fredman's Epistles, No. 9 "Käraste Bröder Systrar och Vänner", with the dedication Till Gumman på Thermopolium Boreale och hennes jungfrur ('To the Old woman of the Thermopolium Boreale and her maidens').[1]
Biography
Barbara Ekenberg managed a coffeehouse after the death of her spouse, Carl Ekenberg, and made it a popular and well-frequented establishment in Gustavian era Stockholm. Her house was known for the innovation of banning smoking, which was a problem in the rest of the coffeehouses, where the smoke was often so thick as to cause breathing problems.[2]
Bellman described her as squinting and fat but her "maidens" (waitresses) as beautiful, and her house widely known for its music and merry atmosphere. In his song Fredman's Epistle no. 9, dedicated to Ekenberg, he wrote:[1]
Fredman's Epistle no. 9, 1770 Käraste Bröder Systrar och Vänner | Prose translation |
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Hör Fader Berg, säg du hvad hon heter, | Tell me, Father Berg, say what's her name, |
See also
- Maja-Lisa Borgman
- Clas på Hörnet
References
- ^ a b Burman, Carina (2019). Bellman. Biografin [Bellman: The Biography] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag. pp. 165–167, 321. ISBN 978-9100141790.
- ^ Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013
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Fredmans epistlar (List) |
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Fredmans sånger | |
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- Barbara Ekenberg
- Jean Fredman
- Lovisa von Plat
- Ulla Winblad / Maria Kristina Kiellström
- Helena Quiding
Albums
- 1960, 1963 Fredmans Epistlar & Sånger Sjungna Av Sven-Bertil Taube
- William Clauson
- Fred Åkerström
- 1969 Fred sjunger Bellman
- 1974 Glimmande nymf
- 1977 Vila vid denna källa
- Martin Bagge
- Sven-Bertil Taube
- Cornelis Vreeswijk
- Martin Best
- 1982 Songs of Carl Michael Bellman
- Mikael Samuelson
- 1988 Music of Carl Michael Bellman
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