Agnes von Rosen

Agnes von Rosen (September 8, 1924 – April 4, 2001) was a Swedish aristocrat, bullfighter, and stunt performer. She spent most of her later years in Mexico.

Life Agnes von Rosen, the daughter of Count Gustaf-Fredrik von Rosen, military attaché in Washington D.C. (1931–32), London (1939-42) and Copenhagen (1945–49), was born on 8 September 1924. Graduating in physiotherapy at Lund University, Sweden, she acted in French and Italian films and had toured in shows throughout America as a bullfighter.

According to The Australian Women's Weekly, she became interested in bullfighting after seeing a newsreel of a woman fighting bulls on horseback when she was 12. After marrying Lars Wahlquist, she moved to Mexico to pursue her dreams of becoming a bullfighter. She divorced Lars in 1949. By this time, she was the mother of Christina Sabine Maud von Rosen and Johan Wahlquist. an architect and structure professor at UNAM in Mexico. They had two daughters, Dagmar and Charlotte Margarita Victoria Von Rosen.

Agnes von Rosen died in Mexico on April 11, 2001, at the age of 76.