Pauline Schmidt

Pauline Wilhelmine Rasmussen Schmidt (1865–1944), was a professional Danish magician and photographer. She was one of the few female magicians in Scandinavia during the 19th century.[1]

Schmidt performed magic shows in Sweden and Finland during the 1880s.[2] In 1888, she married the Finnish photographer Niels Rasmussen and became his colleague in Tampere, Finland. Schmidt opened her own studio in 1914.

Pauline Schmidt is portrayed in the novel Pauline Wilhelmine – trollkonstnärinna (Pauline Wilhelmine – a female magician), by Elisabeth Sandelin (2013).

References

1. Nilsson, Christer: Trollare och andra underhållare / Christer Nilsson; under medverkan av Rolf Carlsten. Halmstad Spektra cop. 1990
2. Nilsson, Christer: Trollare och andra underhållare / Christer Nilsson; under medverkan av Rolf Carlsten. Halmstad Spektra cop. 1990

• Nilsson, Christer: Trollare och andra underhållare / Christer Nilsson; under medverkan av Rolf Carlsten. Halmstad Spektra cop. 1990
• Danska fotografer i Finland | Hirn | Fund og Forskning i Det Kongelige Biblioteks Samlinger

External links

• Pauline Rasmussen (s. 1865, k. 1944) The Finnish Museum of Photography (in Finnish)