Didier Gautier

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 ☨ Didier Gautier 
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Didier Gautier. Photo by Nils Edvard Forssell abt 1860.
Profession circus director
Personal details
Born 1792-02-27 in France
Dead 1872-06-13 in Sweden
Spouse(s) Johanna Grunert
Residence
Country Sweden
Locations
Title owner 1831-1868
Location at Didier Gautiers menagerie in Sweden
Title animal trainer-1810
Location at Gautiers Menagerie in France
Title assistant elephant trainer-1807
Location at Gautiers Menagerie in France
Title owner
Location at Cirque du Nord (Cirkus du Nord) in Sweden
Biography details

Didier Gautier , circus director in Sweden

Gautier was born * 1792-02-27 in France dead 1872-06-13 , in Sweden , son of director Jean Baptiste Gautier and director Rose de Lefevre

⚭ Married to Johanna Grunert born 1784 .

Didier Gautier was born in Chaumont, France, and toured Europe with his fathers menagerie, arriving Sweden in 1804, and then back to France through Denmark and Germany.

Didier Gautier returned with a circus to Sweden in 1830, and became a Swedish citizen in 1837. In 1831 he was granted permission to build a permanent circus building on Djurgården in Stockholm. The builing took fire later, and was rebuilt as present Djurgårdscircus. In 1869 Didi Gautier sold his circus Didier Gautiers menagerie to Adèle Houcke. He died in the city Gävle, Sweden.

Didier Gautier

Family

Total: 1 children

  1. Margaretha Nini Maria Antoinette Gautier.

Siblings

Siblings through the father Jean Baptiste Gautier (1758-02-01 -- 1823):

  1. Jean Gautier Born 1797-10-19 Dead: † 1866-09-05
  2. Victoire Gautier Born 1784
  3. Joseph Gautier Born 1794 Dead: † 1846-09-18

Didier Gautiers ancestral Ahnentafel:
P I II III

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Born: 1792-02-27

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Born: 1758-02-01
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Didier Gautier is mentioned on 2 other person pagesAlexander Gautier,  Jean Gautier,  

Didier Gautier is mentioned on 3 location pagesCircus Leonard,  Didier Gautiers menagerie,  Gautiers Menagerie,  

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Didier Gautier in Sweden. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 11 November 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=73. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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