Sigurd Ibsen
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Sigurd Ibsen was a Norwegian
author and politician. As the only child of Henrik Ibsen
and his wife Suzannah Thoresen, he was born to high expectations and struggled all his life to meet these.
Sigurd Ibsen was born in Oslo
. He was First Minister of Norway
in Stockholm
(i.e., the leader of the Norwegian delegation to the King of Sweden
and Norway
) from 1903 to 1905, while George Francis Hagerup was First Minister in Oslo, and was a central person in the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden
in 1905. He is also regarded as important in convincing influential Norwegians supporting a republic
an government, like Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
, Arne Garborg
and Fridtjof Nansen
, to turn and instead support a monarchy
.
Sigurd Ibsen got his doctorate in law in Rome
in 1882 and was married to Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's daughter Bergliot
. His son Tancred became a well known film director.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
author and politician. As the only child of Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
and his wife Suzannah Thoresen, he was born to high expectations and struggled all his life to meet these.
Sigurd Ibsen was born in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
. He was First Minister of Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
(i.e., the leader of the Norwegian delegation to the King of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
) from 1903 to 1905, while George Francis Hagerup was First Minister in Oslo, and was a central person in the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
in 1905. He is also regarded as important in convincing influential Norwegians supporting a republic
Republic
A republic is a form of government in which the people, or some significant portion of them, have supreme control over the government and where offices of state are elected or chosen by elected people. In modern times, a common simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of...
an government, like Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...
, Arne Garborg
Arne Garborg
Arne Garborg, born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg was a Norwegian writer.Garborg championed the use of Landsmål , as a literary language; he translated the Odyssey into it...
and Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...
, to turn and instead support a monarchy
Monarchy
A monarchy is a form of government in which the office of head of state is usually held until death or abdication and is often hereditary and includes a royal house. In some cases, the monarch is elected...
.
Sigurd Ibsen got his doctorate in law in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
in 1882 and was married to Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's daughter Bergliot
Bergliot Ibsen
Bergliot Ibsen was a Norwegian mezzosoprano singer. She was born in Christiania as a daughter of writer and Nobel laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Karoline Bjørnson , and was married to politician Sigurd Ibsen, son of playwright Henrik Ibsen and Suzannah Ibsen. She was a mother of Tancred Ibsen...
. His son Tancred became a well known film director.