Henrik Johan Ibsen (ˈhɛnɾɪk ˈɪpsən; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the god father" of modern drama and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. Ibsen is often ranked as one of the truly great playwrights, alongside such other notable playwrights as Shakespeare.
Already in his lifetime, there was significant interest in Ibsen's biography and family history. Many Ibsen scholars have compared characters and themes in his plays to his family and upbringing. Ibsen himself confirmed that he both modelled and named characters in his plays after his own family.
Both of Ibsen's parents' belonged to the city's and county's elite. Ibsen's ancestors were primarily merchants and shipowners in cities such as Skien and Bergen, or members of the "aristocracy of officials" of Upper Telemark, the region's civil servant elite. Henrik Ibsen later wrote that "my parents were members on both sides of the most respected families in Skien", and that he was closely related to "just about all the patrician families who then dominated the place and its surroundings."
Henrik Ibsen var en norsk dramatiker, regnet som en av verdenslitteraturens største dramatikere.
Han vokste opp innen slektskretsen Ibsen–Altenburg–Paus i Skien, en storfamilie som bestod av søskenparet Ole og Hedevig Paus og deres familier, som var tett sammenvevd. Begge Ibsens foreldre hadde røtter i eliten i Skien og Telemark, dels i kjøpmannseliten i Skien/Grenland, og dels i «embetsaristokratiet» av prester og jurister i Øvre Telemark. Ibsen skrev selv at «mine forældre tilhørte både på fædrene og mødrene side datidens mest ansete familjer i Skien» og at han var nært beslektet med «omtrent med alle de patricierfamiljer, som dengang dominerede stedet og omegnen».
Ibsens barndom og familie har vært et mye studert emne. Allerede i Henrik Ibsens levetid var interessen for hans biografi og slektshistorie betydelig. Ibsen brukte også familiemedlemmer og oppvekstminner som modeller for personer og miljøer i sine skuespill.
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March 20, 1828
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Skien, Skien, Telemark, Norway
Skien kirkebøker, SAKO/A-302/G/Ga/L0002: Klokkerbok nr. 2, 1814-1842, s. 144-145
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June 10, 1828
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Skien kirke, Skien, Telemark, Norway
Skien kirkebøker, SAKO/A-302/F/Fa/L0005: Ministerialbok nr. 5, 1814-1843, s. 45
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October 9, 1846
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Vestre Moland, Lillesand, Lillesand, Aust-Agder, Norway
Vestre Moland sokneprestkontor, SAK/1111-0046/F/Fb/Fbb/L0002: Klokkerbok nr. B 2, 1836-1851, s. 82
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| 1859 |
December 23, 1859
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Christiania, Oslo, Norge (Norway)
Trefoldighet prestekontor Kirkebøker, SAO/A-10882/F/Fa/L0001: Ministerialbok nr. I 1, 1858-1863, s. 93
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May 23, 1906
Age 78
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Arbins gate 1, Kristiania, Norway
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June 1, 1906
Age 78
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Trefoldighetskirken, Æreslunden på Vår Frelsers gravlund, Oslo, Norway
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