Marie Christine Björn was a Danish ballerina and actor. She was one of the greatest stars within Danish ballet.

Marie Christine Björn was the daughter of secretary Christian Björn. She became a student in the ballet of Vincenzo Galeotti at the Royal Danish Theatre

Royal Danish Theatre

The Royal Danish Theatre is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The theatre was founded in 1748, first serving as the theatre of the king, and then as the theatre of the...

 in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 in 1778 and debuted as a solo dancer in 1781. She became very popular and replaced Anine Frölich

Anine Frölich

Anine Marie Magdalene Frölich, was a Danish ballerina, one of the first professional native ballet dancers in Denmark and a prima donna within the Danish ballet in her days...

 as the female star of the Danish ballet. She was admired for her mimique and her combination of dignity and softness.
She also acted in dramatic plays and made a succes in the part of a page boy in 1786. She was considered a worthy dance partner by Antoine Bournonville

Antoine Bournonville

Antoine Bournonville was a French ballet dancer, actor, singer and a choreographer, active in the Royal Swedish Ballet and the Royal Danish Ballet and eventually ballet master in the latter. He is considered to have played a great role in the development of the ballet in Scandinavia...

, who performed with her the first time in 1792. She was made premier dancer in 1802 and retired in 1804.