# Löwenborg — The Story of Gösta Berling character guide

> Löwenborg in The Story of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the gentle Löwenborg

**First appearance:** 0005-part-i-i-the-landscape

## Who they are

A gentle and kind pensioner who loves poetry.

## In the story

### [Christmas Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-ii-christmas-eve)

Gently asks for Gösta's opinion on the matter, deferring to his judgment.

### [VI: The Ball at Ekeby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-vi-the-ball-at-ekeby)

The gentle curtain-raiser who mistakenly draws the curtain, revealing Gösta and Marianne kissing.

### [VIII: Madame Musica](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-viii-madame-musica)

The gentle pensioner who lost his fiancée; plays Beethoven on a painted wooden keyboard to comfort Gösta, believing the music is real.

### [XIX: The Broom-Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xix-the-broom-girl)

A pensioner who guards the young countess during the mob's attack.

## Links

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