Mathias Taube was born in
Lindesberg on 21 September 1876. He was the son of Axel Taube and Johanna Matilda, born Törnsten. He married on 9 May 1911 in Copenhagen the journalist
Ella Ekman-Hansen, with whom he had a daughter and a son, the actor
Aino Taube. He was a cousin of
Evert Taube, and when Evert came to Stockholm he often stayed with his cousin Mathias. He got there artistic inspiration and was also introduced to the circle of friends of Mathias and his sister Sigrid. Mathias Taube died on 23 June 1934 in Stockholm. == Selected filmography ==