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CHURCHYARD
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Landet church, Elvira Madigans vej 39A,
Tosinge.
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Here lies the line dancer Hedvig Jensen
also known as Elvira Madigan and Lueftennant Sixten Sparre.
They were buried here on 28 juli 1889 after having comitted
suicide in the Forrest Nørreskov on Tosinge. On the
spot were it happened is a small memorial
stone. It is tradition that the brides who are wed in
Landet Church put their bouque on Elvira's grave to give
her the one she never got herself. The graves lies in Landet
Cemetery, Tosinge.
Read more on the story here
or here.(both
in danish) |
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Hedvig Antoinette Izabella Jensen 1867
- 1889 |
Løjtnant, greve Sixten Sparre of
Rossvik 1854 - 1889 |
Parish priest
Didier Gautier
Bjerreby vicarage, Bjerrebyvej 44
tlf. 62 54 12 17
office hours 12-13, except freday |
Opening hours:
Open all year round. |
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