Lars Hjortsberg (1772-1843). My great-great grandfather had a long dramatic and musical career in Stockholm, first appearing at the Operan at age ten and also performing many times at the Dramaten. He was an early sponsor of Jenny Lind ("the Swedish Nightingale") and his son, Max, became her secretary. Lars had seventeen children in all and died with a smile on his face while tending his rose garden at age seventy-one. The snapshot is of a marble bust of Lars Hjortsberg in the Dramaten in Stockholm. Photo courtesy of James T. Byrne.