Birgit Holmquist
| Birgit Holmquist | |
|---|---|
 20090808 Smygehuk 12, Statue.JPG Statue of Holmquist, Smygehuk, Sweden | |
| Born | Birgit Holmquist March 6, 1911 Trelleborg, Sweden |
| 💀Died | April 10, 1973 (aged 62) Stockholm, SwedenApril 10, 1973 (aged 62) |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Swedish |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Modelling for Axel Ebbe |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Baron Friedrich Karl Johannes von Schlebrügge |
| 👶 Children | Nena von Schlebrügge |
| 👪 Relatives | Robert Thurman (son-in-law) Uma Thurman (granddaughter) Maya Hawke (great-granddaughter) |
Birgit Olga von Schlebrügge (née Holmquist, 6 March 1911 – 10 April 1973)[1][2] was a Swedish model who served as Axel Ebbe's model for Famntaget ("The Embrace"), a 1930s statue of a nude woman that overlooks the harbor of Smygehuk in Sweden. Her daughter is fashion model Nena von Schlebrügge, her granddaughter is actress Uma Thurman, and her great-granddaughter is actress and singer Maya Hawke.
Life
Birgit Olga Holmquist was born in 1911 in Trelleborg, Sweden, the daughter of Albert Emil Fredrik Holmquist (1872–1947), a manager at the rubber factory in Trelleborg, and his wife, Julie Tora Kanger.[1] She was raised in Trelleborg.[3] In her late teens, Birgit worked as a model and posed for the renowned local sculptor Axel Ebbe, which resulted in the Famntaget statue.[3]
In the 1930s in Berlin, she married Colonel Baron Friedrich Karl Johannes von Schlebrügge.[2] He was imprisoned for his opposition to the Nazi regime and for helping Jewish friends escape.[1] Birgit used her connections to get him released; later, the couple moved to Sweden, then Mexico and China.[1][2][3] She bore a daughter, Birgitte Caroline "Nena" von Schlebrügge, on 8 January 1941 in Mexico City. Through Nena, Birgit is the grandmother of actress Uma Thurman, and the great-grandmother of actress and singer Maya Hawke.
Birgit Holmquist died on 10 April 1973 in Stockholm, Sweden, at the age of sixty-two.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 admin, admin. "Veckans svenskamerikan – Uma Thurman". Rötter (in svenska). Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Family tree of Birgit HOLMQUIST". Geneanet. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "'Famntaget' ('The Embrace')". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
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