Pauline Wilhelmine Rasmussen Schmidt (1865–1944), was a professional Danish magician and photographer. She was one of the few female magicians in Scandinavia during the 19th century.Nilsson, Christer: Trollare och andra underhållare / Christer Nilsson; under medverkan av Rolf Carlsten. Halmstad Spektra cop. 1990
Schmidt performed magic shows in Sweden and Finland during the 1880s.Nilsson, Christer: Trollare och andra underhållare / Christer Nilsson; under medverkan av Rolf Carlsten. Halmstad Spektra cop. 1990 In 1888, she married the Finnish photographer Niels Rasmussen and became his colleague in Tampere, Finland. Schmidt opened her own studio in 1914.
Pauline Schmidt is portrayed in the novel Pauline Wilhelmine – trollkonstnärinna (Pauline Wilhelmine – a female magician), by Elisabeth Sandelin (2013).
References
Nilsson, Christer: Trollare och andra underhållare / Christer Nilsson; under medverkan av Rolf Carlsten. Halmstad Spektra cop. 1990 Danska fotografer i Finland | Hirn | Fund og Forskning i Det Kongelige Biblioteks Samlinger
External links Pauline Rasmussen (s. 1865, k. 1944) The Finnish Museum of Photography