Johanna Catharina Enbeck
| Johanna Löfblad | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Johanna Catharina Enbeck/Enbäck 1733 Sweden |
| Died | 14 September 1811 (age 78) |
| Other names | Johanna Enbeck, Johanna Gentschein, Mamsell Enbeck, Madame Gentschein, Madame Löfblad |
| Spouse(s) | Magnus Gentschein, Jean Löfblad |
Johanna Catharina Löfblad (née Embeck or Enbäck) (1733 – 14 September 1811), also known as Madame Gentschein and Madame Löfblad, was a Swedish actress. She was active in both Sweden and Finland and employed at the theatres of Bollhuset, Stenborg Troupe, Humlegårdsteatern, Eriksbergsteatern and Stenborg Theatre.
Johanna Embeck debuted at the Swedish national Opera Theatre in Bollhuset in as the nymph Chlorix in the opera comique Syrinx by Peter Lindhal/Lars Lalin, composed by Johan Ohl, opposite Elisabeth Lillström (Syrinx), Peter Lindahl (Harlequin), Petter Stenborg (Philemon), Trundman (Sylvanus) and Elisabeth Olin (Astrild) in the 1747–48 season.
She became one of the theatre's stars and took place in the management's board of directors as one of its twelve directors. She was one of four female directors, others being Lillström, Maria Margareta Fabritz and Sophia Catharina Murman. The last years, she was known as Madame Gentschein after her marriage to Magnus Gentschein, a custom attendant.
When the theatre was closed by the queen after the 1753–54 season, the troupe split in two. She joined the company of Lindahl and Johan Bergholtz and, in 1758, the company of Petter Stenborg. She became a significant member in the Stenborg tropue, which performed in Stockholm and in Finland, where it was the only Swedish speaking theatre at the time. In 1760, she divorced Gentschein and remarried Jean Löfblad, (1728–1774), former tailor and "royal wardrobe servant", the male star and Harlequin-actor of the Stenborg troupe, and became known to the Stockholm audience as Madame Löfblad.
The Löfblad couple was the stars of the Stenborg troupe. In 1760, they were given contracts rights to tour with their own troupe and a puppet theatre occasionally on the Stenborg privilege; Johanna and Jean are given equal rights in the contract. Since at least 1761, the Stenborg troupe regularly performed in Finland. In 1767, a new contract was set up between Jean and Johanna Löfblad and Petter Stenborg, which displays their status as stars; other than them, only Catharina Lindberg, (the leading actress with Löfblad) and Anders Hagendorf had been given written contracts.
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