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Born the son of an Uppland (eastern Sweden) forester, Bror Hjorth early decided to become an artist, had barely begun when he developed tuberculosis, spent six months in a sanatorium, followed by four years of convalescence. "Those were the most valuable years," says Hjorth. "I began thinking and experiencing nature.'' Finally cured. Hjorth switched to sculpture, went to Paris to study with Rodin's famed pupil. Antoine Bourdelle dabbled in cubism, finally found his artistic forefather in Paul Gauguin...
Married. Sigvard Oscar Frederick, Duke of Uppland, 26, grandson of Sweden's King Gustaf; and Cinemactress Erika Patzek, 22; in London. Deprived of royal rights by marriage (TIME, March 5), the couple will be known as Mr. and Mrs. Sigvard Bernadotte...
Second of the Crown Prince's sons is Prince Sigvard Oscar Frederick, Duke of Uppland, Chevalier of the Order of the Seraphim. As soon as this moody youth had finished his military service he began hovering on the edge of the arts, as decorator, actor, designer of silver cocktail sets and finally as a fairly able assistant cinema director with UFA in Berlin. On the UFA lot he met a little blonde girl named Erika Patzek, born a Pole and a Catholic, who loved to dance and drive fast in her own orange-colored sport roadster. Her father...
...deficit of $3,615,300. This in part the Government proposes to make up by "increasing the liquor excise" and "economizing." Two days after good Queen Wilhelmina failed to name a fiance, the Swedish press heard that the name is "Sigvard"-i. e. Prince Sigvard Oscar Frederick, Duke of Uppland, second son of Sweden's Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf by his first wife, the late Princess Margaret Victoria, granddaughter of Queen Victoria. This potent rumor neither the Swedish nor Dutch would officially confirm last week...
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