Ibsen Year

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The Ibsen Year (Norwegian: Ibsenåret) was the

Queen Sonja.[3] The Ibsen Year's artistic director was Bentein Baardson and the producer was Nora Ibsen. The chairman of the supervisory committee was former Norwegian Minister of Culture Lars Roar Langslet.[4] The planning committee of the Ibsen Year had a core budget of around 70 million NOK, not counting TV productions and various other costs.[5]

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the embassies around the world had an important role in carrying out the Ibsen Year.[6]

The Ibsen Year comprised 8213 separate cultural events, and 83 countries took part in the commemoration.[7]

Egypt

An International Gala performance of

Queen Sonja, as one of three officials of state to receive this honour (the other ones being the Queen and the Norwegian Foreign Minister).[8]

United States

The Ibsen Year in the United States was launched in New York on 1 March 2006 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Cate Blanchett, who played the title role in Hedda Gabler in the Sydney Theatre Company's visiting performance there, was awarded the Ibsen Centennial Commemoration Award, presented by Minister of Equality Karita Bekkemellem.[9]

Organisation and planning

The planning committee, a government commission named the National Committee for the Ibsen Initiative (Nasjonalkomiteen for Ibsensatsingen), was appointed by the Ministry of Culture in 1997, and was headed by former Minister of Culture Lars Roar Langslet. The committee's mandate ceased in 2006/2007, with the conclusion of the Ibsen Year.[10]

Ibsenåret AS, a limited company, was the secretariat of the national committee, responsible for organising the Ibsen Year. It was first led by Steinar Hansson until his death in 2004, and then by Bentein Baardson. Baardson recruited Ibsen's great-great-granddaughter, Nora Ibsen, as the producer of the Ibsen Year.

See also

References

  1. Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  2. ^ "Det kribler i magen - Aftenposten". Aftenposten.no. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  3. ^ a b "Ibsen.net". Ibsen.net. 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  4. Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  5. ^ AV: jan gunnar furuly ann christiansen åshild eidem. "Ingen vil sponse Hamsun - Aftenposten". Aftenposten.no. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  6. ^ "Den internasjonale del av Ibsenåret 2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-24. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  7. ^ Jens-Morten Hanssen (2007-01-16). "Ibsen.net". Ibsen.net. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  8. ^ "Sonja ga Mubarak Ibsen-pris : Ny Tid". Nytid.no. Archived from the original on 2011-02-13. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  9. ^ "Ibsen.net". Ibsen.net. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  10. ^ "Ibsen.net". Ibsen.net. 2001-04-19. Retrieved 2012-06-25.

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