Bengt Edvard Sixten "Sigge" Sparre af Rossvik (27 September 1854 â 19 July 1889) was a Swedish nobleman, lieutenant, cavalry officer, journalist, poet, mostly known for the murder of circus performer Elvira Madigan in a murder-suicide. Their story has been subject to several theatrical and cinematic productions, such as that Elvira Madigan of Bo Widerberg in 1967 (played by Thommy Berggren) and a Danish film (Søren Svejstrup).
Sparre af Rossvik was born on 27 September 1854 in Malmö, Sweden, the son of Sigge Rossvik and Adelaide Peijron.
In 1880, he married Countess Luitgard "Lycka" Adlercreutz.
Sparre and Madigan were both buried at TÃÂ¥singe graveyard.