Mauritz Pousette

Mauritz Pousette (1 July 1824 – 27 February 1883) was a Swedish actor.

Mauritz Pousette
Mauritz Pousette in 1863
Born	Charlotte Nordgren (1824-07-01)1 July 1824 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	27 February 1883(1883-02-27) (aged 58)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1851–1876
Spouse(s)	Charlotte Pousette Johanna Vilhelmina “Mina” Hagelin

Biography

Mauritz Constantin Pousette was the son of the jeweler Carl Anders Pousette (1792–1873) and Carolina Sophia Sundberg (1794–1859).^[1]

Pousette was hired by court secretaries Berggren, P. Deland and Stjernström. He had his own company together with Oscar Andersson and Wilhelm Åhman 1863–1867 in the countryside and at Humlegårdsteatern in Stockholm. He was involved with the Mindre teatern in Stockholm and the New Theater in Gothenburg 1867–1874 and at the New Theater in Stockholm 1874–1883. Among the roles he played are Carl IX in Bartholomeinatten, Ingomar in Skogens son, Posa in Don Carlos, Narcisse Rameau, Erasmus Montanus, Carl II in Don Cesar de Bazano and Gaston in Klädeshandlaren och hans måg.^[2]

He was first married to the actress Charlotte Pousette (1832–1877) and then to the actress Johanna Vilhelmina “Mina” Hagelin (1849–1929).^[3] He had a daughter Cecilia Constance Amalia Sofia Pousette (1863–1928), who became a teacher, and a son Mauritz Ingemar Pousette (1881–1952), who became an engineer.^[4]

He died on 27 February 1883 in Hedvig Eleonora Parish in Stockholm.^[4]

Theater

Roles (incomplete)

Year	Role	Production	Theater
1875	Byggmästare Jacobsen	En fallit Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson	Swedish Theater[5]
	Gil Perez	Farinelli eller Kungen och sångaren Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Auguste Pittaud de Forges och Adolphe de Leuven	Swedish Theater[6]
		Tadelskolan Richard Brinsley Sheridan	Swedish Theater[7]
	Peder Stolpe	Siri Brahe och Johan Gyllenstierna Gustav III	Swedish Theater[8]
1876	Axel Oxenstierna	Drottning Christina Jeanette Stjernström	Swedish Theater[9][10]
	Gustav II Adolf	Regina von Emmeritz Zacharias Topelius och August Söderman	Swedish Theater[11]
	Informatorn	Amors genistreck Henrik Hertz	Swedish Theater[12]
	Amtmannen	De nygifta Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson	Swedish Theater[13]
		I Sverige 1676 Louise Stjernström	Swedish Theater[14]
1877	Kapten Örn	De oförsonlige Ernst Lundquist	Swedish Theater[15]
	Doktor Tholosan	Många vänner, lite vänskap Victorien Sardou	Swedish Theater[16]

References

1. Mauritz Constantin född 1824-07-01 - Födda, delar av Sverige
2. Mauritz Constantin Pousette i Svenskt porträttgalleri / XXI. Tonkonstnärer och sceniska artister (biografier af Adolf Lindgren & Nils Personne) / p 89 (1895-1913).
3. Sveriges dödbok 1901–2013 Swedish death index 1901-2013 (in Swedish) (Version 6.0 ed.). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2014. ISBN 9789187676642.
4. Rotemannen (in Swedish). Stockholm: Stadsarkivet. 2012.
5. "Nya teatern" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 18 February 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
6. "Teater" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 15 February 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
7. "Teaterannons" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 7 May 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
8. "Teater". Aftonbladet. 29 September 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
9. "Teater och musik" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 27 January 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
10. "Teater och musik" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 24 January 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
11. "Teater och musik" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 23 February 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
12. "Teater och musik" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 23 May 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
13. "Teater och musik" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 31 October 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
14. "Teater och musik". Dagens Nyheter. 7 November 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
15. "Teater och musik". Dagens Nyheter. 21 February 1877. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
16. "Tidningsnotis". Aftonbladet. 9 October 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 1 April 2017.