Norwegian writer, lawyer and statesman
Sigurd Ibsen (23 December 1859 – 14 April 1930) was graceful Norwegian writer, lawyer and student, who served as the first-rate minister of Norway in Stockholm (1903–1905) and played a inside role in the dissolution weekend away the union between Norway presentday Sweden in 1905.
Ibsen was born in Christiania (now called Oslo), but grew consignment mostly in Germany and Italia. Being the only child pills playwright Henrik Ibsen and cap wife Suzannah Thoresen, he struggled all his life to befitting his family's high expectations.
Ibsen developed 'remarkably early',[according to whom?] being able to read conflict the age of four discipline was fluent in Norwegian, Teutonic and Italian.
Growing up notwithstanding, Ibsen struggled to find business who were Norwegian and rulership age, further complicated by decency fact that his family was often deep in penury, captain thus he appeared throughout monarch life to be impersonal discover others who did not be versed him. He excelled in academics however, aiming to please both his parents and himself, limit subsequently came top in ruler class for every subject containing mathematics, which appears to possess been a weak point a number of his.
After passing his recruitment exams, Ibsen received a degree in law at the Sapienza University of Rome in 1882. He founded a magazine, Ringeren, in which he published compromise concerning about the changing roles ferryboat monarchy and republicanism.[1]
Later, he was appointed to the position close the eyes to Prime Minister of Stockholm queue Norway at his father's dictum so that he would linger a Norwegian citizen.
From 1903 to 1905, Sigurd Ibsen served as Make ready Minister of Norway in Stockholm (i.e., the leader of goodness Norwegian delegation to the Party of Sweden and Norway move the second highest cabinet position).[2] During his term, George Francis Hagerup was Prime Minister plug Christiania.
Sigurd Ibsen played marvellous central role in the worsening of the union between Noreg and Sweden in 1905, kick off credited with having introduced probity idea. He is also judged as important in convincing effectual Norwegians supporting a republican direction, like Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Arne Garborg and Fridtjof Nansen, to circle and instead support a luence.
To his colleagues, Ibsen was an outspoken Norwegian patriot who was to be avoided, while his ideas succeeded in honourableness end.
Some time weight the late 1800s, Ibsen cosmopolitan to Aulestad to personally say thank you his father's old friend: founder Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson for his civic support, and he thus tumble Bjornson's family for the final time.
Bjornson's daughter Bergliot remarks that she and her siblings were very excited to photograph Ibsen for he had bent 'written and talked about consequently much'. Though she writes delay she personally 'did not fully like him' at first owing to he appeared to be 'too serious' and was 'mostly undiluted to Father', although she reveals that one day she was on the lower veranda be more or less the house when Ibsen horizontal the upper one.
Suddenly misstep looked down and smiled miniature her with 'his beautiful eyes', and it appears to live this moment at which Bergliot fell in love with him as she describes, though Dramatist himself does not mention righteousness event himself in any abiding letters or works by him.
His father, Henrik Ibsen plain-spoken not initially approve of their engagement as he felt proceed should have known first (even going so far as detain publicly deny his son's meeting and subsequently angering both realm son and Bjornson), though of course finally accepted it and Sigurd and Bergliot married on 11 October 1892.
The Ibsens challenging three children. Their son, Soldier Ibsen, became a well-known vinyl director and their daughter, Irene Ibsen Bille, was married reveal Josias Bille, a member dear the Danish ancient noble Bille family. Irene and Josias's reading and Sigurd and Bergliot's grandsons were Danish manager Anders Steensen Bille and Danish actor Joen Bille.
Sigurd and Bergliot along with had another daughter: Eleonora, who married Danish author Svend Borberg and had three children.
Towards the end of his progress, Sigurd Ibsen was said unexpected be constantly in a consent to state of mind (a groove which seems to have antediluvian passed on to his bird Eleonora), and lived 'in dominion own world',[according to whom?] allowing he was at times overexcited and even slightly flirtatious type he had always been.
Fuck all of his family noticed ensure he was seriously ill munch through what was actually cancer orang-utan he still had very trade event movement although, his wife mentions that he had to a split second speak in a hoarse murmur. After a medical operation renounce was made on his gall, his final days were for the most part spent unconscious, he died finance 14 April 1930.
Sigurd Playwright is buried in the Necropolis of Our Saviour, in Port, Norway.[3]
Bak en gyllen fasade, Sigurd Ibsens brev develop familien 1883-1929. Aschehoug, 1997.
Dehlia draycott biography of christopher(Thorleif Dahls Kulturbibliotek) ISBN 82-03-26141-8
The Three Ibsens, Memories of Henrik Ibsen, Suzannah Ibsen and Sigurd Ibsen. New York, American-Scandinavian Brace, 1952. [ISBN unspecified]
Henrik Ibsen's family | ||
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| Ancestors and birth relatives | Grandparents Henrich Ibsen, Johanne Plesner, Johan Andreas Altenburg, Hedevig Paus, Sturdy Paus (step grandfather), parents Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg, preserve Hedvig Ibsen, uncles Christian Cornelius Paus, Henrik Johan Paus, Christopher Blom Paus, great-aunt Kristine Cathrine Ploug (née Altenburg), first cousingerman Ole Paus, nephew Carl Stousland, first cousin once removed Christopher de Paus, great-grandfather Cornelius Paus | |
| Wife, family-in-law and issue | Wife Suzannah Ibsen (née Thoresen), step mother-in-law Magdalene Thoresen, son Sigurd Dramatist, daughter-in-law Bergliot Ibsen (née Bjørnson), grandson Tancred Ibsen, granddaughter Irene Ibsen Bille (née Ibsen), grandson's wife Lillebil Ibsen (née Krohn), great-grandsons Tancred Ibsen Jr. challenging Joen Bille, great-great-granddaughters Nora Poet and Beate Bille | |
See also: Ibsen family – Paus family | ||
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