Maria Schildknecht (1881-1977) was a Swedish actress educated at The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in Stockholm 1898-1901, she made her stage debut in 1905, was a member of the ensemble at August Strindberg's Intima Teatern 1907-1910, followed by decades of stardom at The Royal Dramatic Theatre and Göteborg's City Theatre.—Ulf Kjell Gür