Article (magazine)  (2011)  Page(s) 116.  Includes photo(s).
 
Questionable rose identities, exemplified by 'Freya' and 'Creme'....The information re 'Freya' August Jäger's "Rosenlexikon" is short...and describes a different rose than that which we know today as 'Freya', which blooms single white and attains a height of not more than 1.5 m.
In the works of Rudolf Geschwind we find two mentions of this variety. In 1901 he wrote [authors cite from Geschwind's article "Erfolge und Sorgen unserer Rosenzüchter", published 1901 in the "Der Prakt. Rathgeber im Obst- und Gartenbau"]: "One of my Nordland-Roses has bloomed magnificently this year: large, cupped, densely filled, crimson-violet."....
Today's 'Freya' has no similarity with these descriptions. In the comparative planting at the Rosenkultivarium it has been ascertained that it is no different than 'R. sancta' (designated 'R. richardii Richards' in the Europa-Rosarium Sangerhausen), which is widely distributed in commerce.

Website/Catalog  (2006)  Page(s) 45, 79.  
 
Rosa corymbifera Borkh. var. implexa (Gren). 'Freya' comb. nov. = R. dumetorum Thuill. var. implexa (Gren.) H. Braun

Book  (2003)  Page(s) 55.  
 
'Freya'

Book  (2003)  Page(s) 60.  
 
Geschwind's Hybrids of Hardy European Roses...
'Freya' (Geschwind, 1910). Description.

Book  (1980)  Page(s) 109-111.  
 
[Reprint of Geschwind's article "Erfolge und Sorgen unserer Rosenzüchter"]

Book  (1980)  Page(s) 118.  
 
[Reprint of Geschwind's article "Über Nordlandrosen", published in the "Rosen-Zeitung", 1910, p. 33]

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 281.  
 
Freya (Hybrid Canina) Geschwind 1910; pink, semi-double, repeats, growth 9/10, climbing, 3m., hardy. Sangerhausen

Article (magazine)  (1910)  Page(s) 33.  
 
I have given last year cuttings of following Northland-roses to the Society's Garden in Sangerhausen: Freya, Griseldis, Siwa, Wachhilde. These are not Elite-Roses, but still well double, vigorous, repeating richly until winter, and good seed-bearers, therefore quite sufficient for breeding of new varieties. Let us hope that they will find acclaim. Karpona, 18. February 1910, Rudolf Geschwind

Article (magazine)  (1901)  Page(s) 404.  
 
...One of my Northland-Roses has bloomed magnificently this year: large, cupped, densely filled, crimson-violet and is still now in bloom; she was never covered.