Hanna Styrell
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Hanna Styrell, was a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 actress, and the royal mistress of King Charles XV of Sweden
Charles XV of Sweden
Charles XV & IV also Carl ; Swedish and Norwegian: Karl was King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 until his death....

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Styrell was born daughter of a baker in Stockholm and became an actress at the age of seventeen, when she performed in the inauguration of the Odéon Theatre in 1859 under the name Hanna Stjernblad.

She suddenly appeared as the hostess on the King's country estate Bellevue in the summer of 1860. At the opening of parliament in 1862, a paper raported: Among the public people, who was present at the act, a certain miss - blad was noticed, escorted by two uniformed butlers to the event. The "miss -blad" was Hanna, who used the name Stejrnblad. As a royal mistress, she often lived on the estate Väntorp, a short distance from the royal Ulriksdal Palace
Ulriksdal Palace
Ulriksdal Palace is a royal palace situated on the banks of the Edsviken in the National City Park in Solna, 6 km north of Stockholm. It was originally called Jakobsdal after its owner Jacob De la Gardie, who had it built by architect Hans Jacob Kristler in 1643-1645 as a country retreat...

. Väntorp was given to her in 1866, when she had become quite wealthy; she is listed with a fortune at that year. Her relationship with Charles continued until Charles death in 1872. They went to Spa
Spa
The term spa is associated with water treatment which is also known as balneotherapy. Spa towns or spa resorts typically offer various health treatments. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters goes back to prehistoric times. Such practices have been popular worldwide, but are...

, separately, during his sickness the last year of his life. She had one daughter with Charles; Ellen Maria (b. 1865), who was taken care of by her own halfsister, Theresia. Theresia's husband was later made royal wallpaper master.

In 1876, she married the officer Adolf Tersmeden, who became a baron and a landlord upon his father's death. Hanna made many improvements to the estate, which was appreciated by the employees.
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