Ruth Althén

Trained by Thekla Hofer and Ture Rangström, she made her début at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1915 with the title role in Aida.

She continued training in Berlin under Ernst Grenzebach and in Milan under Vittorio Maria Vanzo and Giannina Russ.

She also played Desdemona in Otello, Rosina in The Marriage of Figaro and Emerentia in The Doomsday Prophets.

[3] Ruth Althén died in Stockholm on 13 September 1985 and was buried in Östra Begravningsplatsen i Kristianstad.

[7] Ruth Althén is one of the singers on the His Master's Voice recording "Operan (Röster Från Stockholmsoperan Under 100 År" where she sings "Desdemonas Bön" from Verdi's Otello.