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9 unusual facts about Jenny Lind


Alfred de Glehn

Their home in Sydenham, London was the rendezvous of artistic, literary and musical people: George Grove, Arthur Sullivan, Jenny Lind and J. R. Green.

Andover, Illinois

The church was built with funding provided mainly by the Swedish singer, Jenny Lind, while she was at that time on a concert tour in the eastern United States.

Cucumis melo 'Jenny Lind'

The plant is commonly believed to have been named for the singer Jenny Lind.

Jenny Lind locomotive

The Jenny Lind locomotive was the first of a class of ten steam locomotives built in 1847 for the London Brighton and South Coast Railway by E. B. Wilson and Company of Leeds, named after Jenny Lind, who was a famous opera singer of the period.

Jenny Lind, California

The town is named after the Swedish singer Jenny Lind, although there are several tales as to why this is so.

Jenny Lind, Glasgow

56a/57a Auchinairn, Woodhill - City Centre - Ibrox - Silverburn - Pollok - Darnley - Deaconsbank - Jenny Lind - Thornliebank - Shawlands - City Centre - Charing Cross (57a Clockwise, 56a Anticlockwise)

Little Malvern

The composer Edward Elgar and his wife Alice are buried at St. Wulstan's church, and noted singer Jenny Lind lived at Wynd's Point, behind the priory, during her last years.

Lorenzo Salvi

In 1851 he made a lengthy concert tour of the United States with lauded Swedish soprano Jenny Lind.

Sabrina Salvador

In 2009, she appeared in her first stage production, "Los cuentos mágicos del zapatero." Based on the tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Salvador played the role of Jenny Lind.


Harriet Grote

Herself an accomplished musician, she cultivated friendly relations with Mendelssohn and other composers and performers, including Jenny Lind.

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

Her father was Arthur Duke Coleridge who, along with the singer Jenny Lind, was responsible for the formation of the London Bach Choir in 1875.


see also

Jenny Lind Soup

Leopold Bloom, a character in James Joyce's Ulysses, fantasizes about it while lunching in the Ormond: "Jenny Lind soup: stock, sage, raw eggs, half-pint of cream. For creamy dreamy."

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Most of the children have fanciful names, such as Marquis and Jenny Lind, influenced by the father's artistic background (Rebecca is named after both the heroines in Ivanhoe).

Sonora Smart Dodd

Sonora Louise Smart was born in Jenny Lind, Sebastian County, Arkansas to farmer William Jackson Smart (1842-1919) and his wife Ellen Victoria Cheek Smart (1851-1898).