Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl

Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl (1867-1952), was a Swedish painter, sculptor and composer.

She was the daughter of count Walther and countess Wilhelmina von Hallwyl. She was a student of the Wallinska skolan. She married the courtier and diplomat Henrik de Mare in 1887 and was the mother of Rolf de Mare, founder of the Ballets suedois. After a scandalous divorce in 1906, Ellen remarried the art historian Johnny Roosval the year after. Roosval was twelve years her junior and her son's tutor, which created as scandal in contemporary Sweden.

During the 1920s, she exhibited her sculptures at the Theatre des Champs Elysees.

She was given the Litteris et Artibus in 1925.