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Norwegian mezzo-soprano singer

Bergliot Ibsen
BornBergliot Bjørnson
(1869-06-10)10 June 1869
Christiania, Norway
Died2 February 1953(1953-02-02) (aged 83)
Bolzano, Italy
Resting placeVår Frelsers gravlund, Oslo
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationMezzo-soprano singer
Spouse Sigurd Ibsen ​ ​(m. 1892; died 1930)​
Children
Parents
Relatives

Bergliot Ibsen (née Bjørnson; 10 June 1869 – 2 February 1953) was a Norwegian mezzo-soprano singer.

Biography

portrait from National Library of Norway

She was born Bergliot Bjørnson in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway) as the daughter of writer and Nobel laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Karoline Bjørnson (née Reimers). She was married to politician Sigurd Ibsen (1859-1930), son of playwright Henrik Ibsen and Suzannah Ibsen. Her husband later became Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm. They were the parents of Tancred Ibsen, Eleonora Borberg and Irene Ibsen Bille.

Bergliot Ibsen made her concert début in Paris in 1880, and later toured in Norway and Denmark. In 1948 she published the memoir book De tre on the three Ibsens: Henrik, Suzannah and Sigurd.

She died in Bolzano, Italy in 1953. She was buried in Oslo at Æreslunden in Vår Frelsers gravlund.

References

  1. ^ Haavet, Inger Elisabeth. "Bergliot Ibsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  2. ^ Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Bergliot Ibsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  3. "Bergliot Ibsen". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. "Bergliot Ibsen". University of Oslo. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  5. "The Three Ibsens: Memories of Henrik Ibsen, Suzannah Ibsen and Sigurd Ibsen". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. "Æreslunden Memorial cemetery". Oslo Visitor Centre. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

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Henrik Ibsen's family
Ancestors and birth relativesGrandparents Henrich Ibsen, Johanne Plesner, Johan Andreas Altenburg, Hedevig Paus, Ole Paus (step grandfather), parents Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg, sister Hedvig Ibsen, uncles Christian Cornelius Paus, Henrik Johan Paus, Christopher Blom Paus, great-aunt Kristine Cathrine Ploug (née Altenburg), first cousin Ole Paus, nephew Carl Stousland, first cousin once removed Christopher de Paus, great-grandfather Cornelius Paus
Wife, family-in-law and issueWife Suzannah Ibsen (née Thoresen), step mother-in-law Magdalene Thoresen, son Sigurd Ibsen, 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. and Joen Bille, great-great-granddaughters Nora Ibsen and Beate Bille
See also: Ibsen family – Paus family


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