Fanny Falkner (Stockholm, 1890 - 1963) was a Swedish actress and miniaturist whose relationship with August Strindberg places her in the circle of his Intimate Theatre in early twentieth-century Stockholm. She grew up in Stockholm, where she attended the Technical School, and in 1907 went to Copenhagen to study painting.
Back in Stockholm she met Manda Björling, who found her walk-on parts and small roles at the Intimate Theatre. Strindberg took notice of her and considered her for the role of Eleonora in Easter, though she did not get the part. The contact led Strindberg to rent part of her parents' apartment on Drottninggatan, known as Blå tornet. She stayed at the Intimate Theatre for several years and, when rumours of a marriage to Strindberg began to circulate, she moved back to Copenhagen.
As an artist she drew the programme covers for Strindberg's Abu Casem's Slippers and The Great Highway (1908-09). She was the daughter of Frans Nilsson Falkner and Anna Meta Hansen and a cousin of the artist Tage Falkner.
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- August Strindberg 1849–1912