Sophie Hagman
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Sophie Hagman, 1780s
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31 December 1758 Eskilstuna |
| Died | 8 May 1826 (aged 67) |
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| Other names | Anna Stina Hagman |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Children | Sophia Frederica |
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Royal mistress
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Anna Sophia "Sophie" Hagman, née Anna Kristina "Stina" Hagman (31 December 1758 in Eskilstuna, Södermanland, Sweden – 6 May 1826 in , Sweden), was a Swedish ballet dancer. She was the official royal mistress to Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden from 1778 to 1793.
Information about her background is not entirely confirmed Sophie Hagman was likely the daughter of a gamekeeper and former member of the Södermanland regiment. In 1780, Prince Frederick expressed his intention to do something for the soldier Lars Hagman from Strängnäs, who was active in the Södermanland regiment and previously unknown to him, probably because he was the brother of Sophie Hagman, and it was the custom for soldiers to serve in the same regiment as their fathers
At some point, Hagman was employed to look after the children to Louis Gallodier, dance master of the Royal Swedish Ballet at the Royal Swedish Opera in . She was then the maid to the lady-in-waiting Baroness Virginia Manderström and later served as the maid to countess Hedvig Catharina Piper. During her employment with Piper, according to courtier count Lars von Engeström, she was "a little girl, and everyone laughed at her because she was in love with Duke Frederik." She ended her employment at Piper and entered into a relationship with a young merchant, and brewer, who supported her financially and paid for her education at a sewing school. The Austrian ambassador to Sweden, count Joseph Kaunitz, offered money to both Hagman herself and to her lover to have her for himself, but both her lover and Hagman herself refused because they were mutually in love with each other and because "the brewer was more of a beautiful man than the count." The relationship ended because the man died, and Hagman was forced to end her education to a seamstress. The dates for these events are not clear.
From 1775, Sophie Hagman had a position as a dancer in the Royal Ballet. She never became very known as a ballet dancer and was said to have been more noted for her appearance than her talent; in 1776, she is briefly mentioned as one of the shepherdesses in a ballet. In 1778, Prince Frederick Adolf noticed her during her performance as a pageboy, and after having seduced her, he became genuinely in love with her.
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