Elsa was born about 1623, in Bodarp, Malmöhus, Sweden. She had at least 6 sons and 5 daughters with Hans Pedersen Baad. She was buried in Bodarp, Malmöhus, Sweden.
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Swedish warship Vasa sank in Stockholm harbor. 25 drowned.
King Gustavus Adolphus entered Sweden into the Thirty Years' War in 1630 with great success on the side of the German Protestants.
Stockholm became capital of Sweden.
Shortened form of Elisabeth or Elizabeth . The name was borne by the English-born film actress Elsa Lanchester ( 1902–86 ). Elsa Belton was a character in Angela Thirkell's once widely read Barsetshire Chronicles. In the 1960s the name was also associated with the lioness named Elsa featured in the book Born Free, by Joy Adamson , which was made into a film.
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