Sigurd Ibsen

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Sigurd Ibsen between around 1905 and 1910

Sigurd Ibsen (born December 23, 1859 in Christiania, today Oslo , Norway , † April 14, 1930 in Freiburg im Breisgau , German Empire ) was a Norwegian writer, lawyer and politician. From 1903 to 1905 he was Prime Minister in Stockholm during the Norwegian-Swedish Union and thus representative of the Norwegian government at the Norwegian-Swedish royal court. He made a major contribution to the abolition of the Union in 1905.

Life

Ibsen was born in the Norwegian capital Christiania (now Oslo) as the only child of the writer Henrik Ibsen and his wife Suzannah and spent most of his childhood and youth in Germany and Italy . His child development was above average, he could read at the age of four and he spoke Norwegian , German and Italian fluently. However, he rarely found friends of his age, which was favored by the poverty that prevailed in his family, and therefore appeared distant to others throughout his life. In addition, he was burdened throughout his life by having to meet his family's expectations of him. However, his academic performance was excellent, including in mathematics, in which he was actually rather weak. In 1882 he received his doctorate in law from La Sapienza University in Rome .

Towards the end of the 19th century Ibsen traveled to Aulestad , where he met an old friend of his father's, the writer and politician Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson , to thank him for his support in his political commitment. There he met his future wife, the Norwegian singer Bergliot Bjørnson and daughter of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Despite initial resistance from Henrik Ibsen, the two married on October 11, 1892. Their children were the future director Tancred Ibsen , Eleonora Borberg , the future wife of the Danish writer Svend Borberg , and Irene Ibsen Bille , the future mother of the Danish actor Joen Bille .

At the end of his life Ibsen fell into mental weakness . He also became seriously ill with cancer , which among other things led to severe hoarseness . After an operation on his throat and a few days unconscious , he died on April 14, 1930. He is buried on Vår Frelsers Gravlund in Oslo.

Political commitment

Sigurd Ibsen represented the liberal Venstre party. From 1903 to 1905 he was Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm. He was offered this office at the endeavor of his father. His task was to represent the Norwegian government at the Norwegian-Swedish royal court under King Oskar II. This office was the second highest Norwegian state office below the king after the office of Prime Minister in Christiania, which was held by George Francis Hagerup at the time . Ibsen's predecessor was Ole Anton Qvam , his successor for a short time was Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland .

Sigurd Ibsen is credited with having the idea for the dissolution of the Norwegian-Swedish personal union, which became a reality in 1905. He is also given importance in converting major advocates of a future Norwegian republic in favor of the monarchy, such as Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson , Arne Garborg and Fridtjof Nansen . His colleagues saw in him a Norwegian patriot whose proximity should be avoided against the background of the Norwegian political situation at the time.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sigurd Ibsen †. Vossische Zeitung , Berlin, edition of April 15, 1930.
personal data
SURNAME Ibsen, Sigurd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian writer, lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Christiania , Norway
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1930
Place of death Freiburg im Breisgau , Weimar Republic