Ida Gawell-Blumenthal

Ida Gawell-Blumenthal
Background information
Birth nameIda Albertina Gawell
Also known asDelsbostintan
Born(1869-11-04)November 4, 1869
Arbrå parish, Hälsingland, Sweden
DiedMay 14, 1953(1953-05-14) (aged 83)
Stockholm, Sweden
GenresVisa [sv]
Years active1895-1953
Spouse(s)Moritz Blumenthal
(1898–1921)

Ida Albertina Gawell-Blumenthal (4 November 1869 – 14 May 1953)[1] was a Swedish author, storyteller, and singer, known under the name Delsbostintan.[2][3]

Biography

Cover of a collection of songs published in 1898.

Gawell-Blumenthal was the daughter of a priest from Arbrå. She is best known under the pseudonym Delsbostintan, under which she first performed in 1895 at Skansen as a performer of folk songs and stories from Hälsingland.[4] She toured for many years in the Nordic countries as well as Swedish communities in the US, as a storyteller of humorous Hälsingland stories, often with musical illustrations on the spilåpipa and singing.[5][6]

Ida "Delsbostintan" Gawell-Blumenthal (date unknown).

She moved to Stockholm in 1895 for studies at the Technical School and was married from 1898 to 1921 to the physician Moritz Blumenthal, who died in 1923.

Awards

Ida Gawell-Blumenthal received the royal medal Litteris et Artibus in 1929.[7] In 2003, on the 50th anniversary of her death, a statue of her was erected in the square in Delsbo.[3]

Bibliography

  • Stintans amerikafärd. Stockholm: Skoglund. 1908.
  • Från hembygd och färdvägar. Stockholm: Minerva. 1913.
  • Delsbo / bilder af Bror Hillgren. Stockholm: Norstedt. 1915.
  • Jag vill hjälpa Er att fira jul / Delsbostintan. Stockholm. 1934.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Norrlänningar i Stockholm / huvudredaktör Ida Gawell-Blumenthal. Stockholm: Bengt Lindbergs förlagsaktiebolag. 1943.
  • Hälsingehistorier. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 1945.
  • MEA. Stockholm: Centraltryckeriet. 1984.

Filmography

  • 1923 – En rackarunge
  • 1923 – Eld ombord
  • 1926 – Fänrik Ståls sägner-del I
  • 1926 – Fänrik Ståls sägner-del II
  • 1936 – Kungen kommer
  • 1944 – Delsbostintan berättar (short film)
  • 1944 – Hemma i Hälsingland (short film)
  • 1944 – En erfaren husmors råd (short film)
  • 1945 – Det var en gång...
  • 1949 – Delsbostintan språkar litet om Lång-Lasse (short film)
  • 1962 – Fåfängans marknad

References

  1. ^ "Ida Gawell-Blumenthal". Svensk Filmdatabas (in Swedish). 1869-11-04. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  2. ^ "Ida A Blumenthal-Gawell - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  3. ^ a b "Ida Albertina Gawell-Blumenthal". skbl.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  4. ^ Skansen och Artur Hazelius; en skiss och minnesbok by Johan Levart, (Stockholm: Hugo Gebers Förlag, 1901) pp. 51–55.
  5. ^ Stintans amerikafärd by Ida Gawell-Blumenthal, (Stockholm: Skoglund, 1908).
  6. ^ "101 (Vem är det : Svensk biografisk handbok / 1943)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  7. ^ "Litteris et Artibus". skbl.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-09-17.