Sigurd Bødtker

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Sigurd Bødtker

Sigurd Bødtker (2 February 1866 – 6 March 1928) was a Norwegian

theatre critic
.

Personal life

He was born in Trondhjem as a son of physician Fredrik Waldemar Bødtker (1824-1901) and Sophie Jenssen (1830-1898).[1] He was the brother of chemist Eyvind Bødtker, a second cousin of military officer Carl Fredrik Johannes Bødtker, log driving manager Ragnvald Bødtker and County Governor Eivind Bødtker, and a second cousin once removed of banker and art collector Johannes Sejersted Bødtker and radio personality Carl Bødtker.[2] His mother was a daughter of landowner Anthon Petersen Jenssen,[3] and as such Bødtker was a grandson of Matz Jenssen, nephew of Jens Nicolai, Hans Peter and Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen and first cousin of Christian Mathias, Anthon Mathias and Lauritz Jenssen.[4]

He married Ingrid Blehr (1881–1959) in July 1901; they divorced in 1910.[1] Through his wife's sister he was a brother-in-law of Gunnar Heiberg.[5]

Career

He

cand.jur. degree from the University of Kristiania in 1891.[6]

In 1896 he was hired as a secretary in the

Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture from 1900 to 1903, but then became a full-time theatre critic—Norway's first.[1] His critic pieces were later published in three volumes, the first two by Einar Skavlan in 1923 and 1924 and the last by Anton Rønneberg in 1929.[6]

In 1905 Bødtker agitated for

dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden through a pamphlet. He died in March 1928 in Oslo.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Lyche, Lise. "Sigurd Bødtker". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  2. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  3. ^ Genealogy Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  5. ^ Nettum, Rolf Nyboe. "Gunnar Heiberg". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  6. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
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