Jean Börlin was a Swedish dancer and choreographer, who was born in Härnösand on 13 March 1893, and who died in New York on 6 December 1930.
[2] Recommended by Fokine, he was recruited for the newly formed Ballets suédois by Rolf de Maré.
This marked his first steps as a choreographer; the vast majority of Ballets suédois choreographies bear his name.
He danced for the company at a time when it was in constant competition with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.
[4] Jean Börlin died of organ failure caused by a liver disease in 1930 when he was only 37 years old.