When Elsa Hansdotter was born on 10 October 1717, in Uppåkra, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Hans Christensen, was 42 and her mother, Karna Christoffersdotter, was 27. She died on 20 October 1717, at the age of 0, and was buried in Uppåkra, Malmöhus, Sweden.
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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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