Elvira Madigan

Elvira Madigan
Elvira Madigan.
Born	Hedvig Antoinette Isabella Eleonore Jensen (1867-12-04)December 4, 1867 Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	July 19, 1889(1889-07-19) (aged 21) Tåsinge, Denmark
Occupation	Circus performer
Parent(s)	Frederik Peter Jensen (father) Eleonora Cecilie Christine Marie Olsen (mother)

Hedvig Antoinette Isabella Eleonore Jensen (December 4, 1867  – July 19, 1889), better known by her stage name Elvira Madigan, was a circus performer who performed as a slack rope dancer, artistic rider, juggler and dancer. She is best known today for her romantic relationship with the Swedish nobleman and cavalry officer Sixten Sparre. Their joint death caused great sensation and the event was described in song by, among others, the author Johan Lindström Saxon in a song beginning "Sad things happen", which gained great popularity.^[1]