Irene Ibsen Bille by Gustav Borgen NFB-38431

Irene Ibsen Bille (10 September 1901 – 22 February 1985) (née Irene Ibsen) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. She was born in

Kristiania Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

as a daughter of Prime Minister

Sigurd Ibsen Sigurd Ibsen (23 December 1859 – 14 April 1930) was a Norwegian author, lawyer and statesman, who served as the prime minister of Norway in Stockholm (1903–1905) and played a central role in the dissolution of the union between Norway and Swe ...

. She was a sister of

Tancred Ibsen Tancred Ibsen (11 July 1893 – 4 December 1978) was a Norwegian military officer, aviator, film director and screenwriter. Background Ibsen was the son of Sigurd Ibsen and Bergljot Bjørnson. He was the grandson of both Henrik Ibsen and Nobel la ...

, paternal granddaughter of world-famous writer

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...

and

Suzannah Ibsen Suzannah Ibsen (née Thoresen; 26 June 1836 – 3 April 1914) was a Norwegian woman who was the wife of playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen and mother of noted politician Sigurd Ibsen. Biography Suzannah Daae Thoresen was born in Herøy, Møre og R ...

(née Thoresen), daughter of

Bergliot Ibsen Bergliot Ibsen (née Bjørnson; 10 June 1869 – 2 February 1953) was a Norwegian mezzo-soprano singer. Biography She was born Bergliot Bjørnson in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway) as the daughter of writer and Nobel laureate Bjørnstjerne Bj ...

(née Bjørnson) and maternal granddaughter of

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( , ; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished ...

and

Karoline Bjørnson Karoline Bjørnson (née Reimers, 1 December 1835 – 27 June 1934) was a Norwegian actress. She is best known as the wife and supporter of poet, playwright, popular speaker and Nobel laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Biography Karoline ...

(née Reimers). Irene Ibsen married Danish writer Steen Andersen Josias Christopher Bille (called Josias), a member of the ancient noble

Bille family Bille may refer to: * Bille (given name) * Bille (surname) *Bille (Elbe) The river Bille () is a small, slow-flowing German river in Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg, a right tributary of the Elbe. Its source is near Linau, north of th ...

, in 1930, and moved to Denmark. Her first dramatic work, ''Uten ansikt'' ('Faceless'), was published here. ''Kysset'' ('The Kiss') followed in 1965. In the same year she issued the novel ''Det leende vindu'' ('The Laughing Window'). She died in February 1985.

Issue

Ibsen Bille had three children from two marriages: Suzanna (with first husband, Mario Rocco, the daughter was named Rosetta), and Anders and Joen (with second husband Josias). Roughly a third of Henrik Ibsen's living descendants come from Irene's grandchildren and great-grandchildren. *Suzannah Ibsen (1922-1979), married Ib Bering Jensen (1921-2012) **''Thorkel Josias Bering-Jensen'' (1959-) and Jeanette Uhrenholt (1968-) ***''Chanel Uhrenholt'' (1986-) ***''Francisca Uhrenholt'' (1990-) **''Vitus Mario Bering-Jensen'' (1959-) ***''Angelo Bering Jensen'' (1983-) ***''Valentino Bering Jensen'' (1986-) ***''Jonas Vitus Bering-Jensen'' (2003-) ***''Leon Bering-Jensen'' (2016-) *Anders Steensen Bille (1940–2011), married Mona Skov Hansen (1941-) **''Steen Andersen Oluf Bille'' (1964-), married Geraldine Dumas (1975-) ***''Anders Steensen Victorien Bille'' (2009-) ***''Arsène Constant Eske Bille'' (2011-) **''Bernt Ivar Bille'' (1968-), married Betina Laulund Henriksen ***''Josias Christian Bille'' (2000-) ***''Emerentze Caroline Bille'' (2003-) * Joen Steensen Bille (1944–), married

Bente Scavenius Bente Christina Brønnum Scavenius (born 12 December 1944, in Stockholm) is a Danish art historian, art critic and author. She has taught at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University, and has written more than 20 books. She has also bee ...

(1944–) ** ''Beate Bille'' (1976–), married Magnus Jønck **''Peder Bille'' (1983-)

References

http://forum.arkivverket.no/topic/137114-51681-ibsen-etterkommere-i-italia/ Ibsen family Writers from Oslo Norwegian expatriates in Denmark 1901 births 1985 deaths Norwegian women novelists Norwegian women dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Norwegian women writers 20th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights {{Norway-writer-stub