Zoo Circus in Sweden

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Zoo Circus
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Local name	Trolle Rhodins Zoo Cirkus
Type	circus
Founded	1941
First elephant arrived	1944
Last elephant left	1964
Closed down	1964
Address	Mariedalsgården
Place	Malmö
Country	Sweden
Related persons
Owner	1948-1964: Trolle Rhodin Sr.


Assistant Directors	1954-1964: Ingeborg Rhodin 1941: Iris Rhodin

Performers & Artists
1941-1952: Brazil Jack

Zoological department

Stable Master	1938-1954: Theodor Kruse

Animal trainers
1957-1957: Rudi Belli 1945-1947: Edith Gautier 1941-1964: Jack Rhodin 1938-1944: Hedvig Andersson -1947: Gösta Kruse

Equestrians
1944-1964: Ingeborg Rhodin

Elephant department

Elephant Trainer	1962-1964: Banda Vidane 1957-1957: Arthur Belli 1947-1950: Gösta Kruse 1944-1947: Hugo Schmitt


Assistant Elephant Trainer	1944-1947: Lulu Gautier

Record history
History of updates	2026-02-03: 2026-02-27:

Latest document update	2026-02-27 08:31:37
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Description

Zoo Circus, located at Mariedalsgården, in Malmö, Sweden , was founded in 1941 and the first elephant arrived in 1944. The last elephant left in 1964.. Zoo Circus closed down in 1964.

Comments / picturesTrolle Rhodin was son to Circus man Brazil Jack, and grew up on Circuses. In 1938 he bought a disfunctional Swedish Circus Orlando from Henning Orlando.

Trolle Rhodin founded Zoo Circus 1941 and later Circus Caravan.

Stable master was Theodor Kruse, father to elephant trainer Gösta Kruse.

1944-1947: Trolle hired elephants from Cirkus Hagenbeck.

Records about Zoo Circus from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
Zoo Circus in Sweden Sweden

These are the 5 German elephants brought over by Hugo Schmitt the previous year, "Icky". "Sabu", "Mudu", "Minyak" and "Kernaudi".
The African "Emily" was also added to the Herd in 1947 on June 26 at New Brunswick, NJ, six days after Hugo and his elephants had arrived in Pittsburgh from Sweden.

William "Buckles" Woodcock

Program for 1957 season, when Rudi Belli presented the circus baby elephants.

In 1964 he started working as general manager at Ringling Brothers Circus and brought Circus Caravan with him, as part of the show. Later back in Sweden, he started Circus Brazil Jack together with his children Trolle Jr and Diana Rhodin.

References for records about Zoo Circus

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2026). Zoo Circus, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=71. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Trolle Rhodin (1917-1997)

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