Bergliot Ibsen

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Bergliot Ibsen
Vår Frelsers gravlund
, Oslo
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationMezzo-soprano singer
Spouse
(m. 1892; died 1930)
[1]
Children
Parents
Relatives

Bergliot Ibsen (née Bjørnson; 10 June 1869 – 2 February 1953) was a Norwegian mezzo-soprano singer.[2][3]

Biography

portrait from National Library of Norway

She was born Bergliot Bjørnson in

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.[4]

Bergliot Ibsen made her concert début in Paris in 1880, and later toured in Norway and Denmark.[1] In 1948 she published the memoir book De tre on the three Ibsens: Henrik, Suzannah and Sigurd.[2][5]

She died in

Vår Frelsers gravlund.[2][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Haavet, Inger Elisabeth. "Bergliot Ibsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  2. ^
    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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