Sven Borg

From the list of elephant persons Family: Borg

☨ Sven Borg
Sven Borg riding Bambina in the Stockholm zoo
Personal details
Country	Sweden

Locations
Title	elephant head-keeper 1932-1975
Location	at Stockholm Zoo (Skansen) in Sweden

Relevant literature

Biography details

Sven Vilhelm Elias Borg , zoo elephant head-keeper in Sweden

Born 1907-09-22 in Sweden dead 1998-06-19 in Sweden .

Borg was educated by the elephant keepers Fritz Theisinger and Hugo Schmitt at Hagenbecks Tierpark in Hamburg, Germany, and was responsible for Skansens elephants from 1932 to 1975. Until 1956 he also provided elephant rides for children at Skansen. His son Sven-Arne Borg was often assisting his father from early age.

Sven Borg greeting the Elephant Nika goodbye, before her and Shivas departure to England, 1991. Photo: Pelle Zettersten, Sweden Musth

Sven Borgs apartment was on the top of this building

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant head-keeper Sven Vilhelm Elias Borg in Sweden. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=84. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Dan Koehl
Erland Axel Wadsten

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