Irma Ingertha Gram (née Schram; 21 December 1873 – 22 November 1945) was a Norwegian art historian.
Personal life
She was born in
Kristiania
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as a daughter of Thomas Andreas Schram (1835–1890) and Mathilde Just (1850–1901). She was a sister of businessperson
Jacob Schram and physician
Thomas Schram
Thomas Andreas Finn Schram (9 October 1882 – 15 July 1950) was a Norwegian physician, best known for his endeavor against tuberculosis.
Personal life
He was born in Kristiania as a son of wholesaler Thomas Andreas Schram (1835–1890) and Mathi ...
, and thus sister-in-law of
Constance Wiel Schram
Constance Wiel Schram (née Nygaard; 27 September 1890, Christiania – 18 September 1955, Oslo) was a Norwegian writer and translator. She was the daughter of William Martin Nygaard (1865–1912) and Constance Wiel (1866–1931). Constance was ...
.
In September 1907 she married physician
Harald Mathias "Mads" Gram, a son of
Jens Gram
Jens Gram (15 November 1840 – 22 January 1912) was a Norwegian industrialist.
Personal life
He was born in Ask as a son of Johan Georg Boll Gram and Fredrikke Severine Mathea Stabell. He was a brother of Andrea Gram, grandson of Jens Jensen G ...
and maternal grandson of
P. A. Munch. Her older sister Elisabeth had already married Mads' brother
Johan Fredrik Gram
Johan Fredrik Gram (14 April 1868 – 27 December 1947) was a Norwegian chemist.
Personal life
He was born in Drammen as a son of Jens Gram. He was a brother of Mads Gram, a maternal grandson of P. A. Munch and a paternal great-grandson of Jens J ...
.
Mads and Irma's son
Peder "Per" Gram became a barrister and married alpine skier
Johanne "Hannemor" Dybwad, a daughter of
Niels Juell Dybwad and granddaughter of
Johanne Dybwad
Johanne Dybwad (née Juell; 2 August 1867 – 4 March 1950) was a Norwegian stage actress and stage producer. She was the leading actress in Norwegian theatre for half a century.
Early and personal life
Johanne was born in Christiania (now ...
. They had the daughter
Kari Garmann
Kari Garmann (née Gram; born 16 June 1945) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
She was born in Oslo as a daughter of barrister Peder "Per" Gram and alpine skier Johanne "Hannemor" Gram, née Dybwad. Her paternal grandparents ...
.
Career
As an art historian, Gram published books on ancient
bobbin lace
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; ''De gamle kniplingers historie'' (1921), and a book on etiquette; ''Litt om skikk og bruk før og nu'' (1929).
[ She was employed at the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History from 1903 to 1907.]Christina I of Sweden
Christina ( sv, Kristina, 18 December (New Style) 1626 – 19 April 1689), a member of the House of Vasa, was Monarchy of Sweden, Queen of Sweden in Queen regnant, her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. She succeeded her father ...
), and ''Catharina av Medici'' (1927, about Catherine de' Medici
Catherine de' Medici ( it, Caterina de' Medici, ; french: Catherine de Médicis, ; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Florentine noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King ...
).[ She also contributed to the press and to Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation radio.
She was also a board member of ''Læseforening for kvinder'' from 1921.][ She died in November 1945.]
References
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1873 births
1945 deaths
Norwegian art historians
Writers from Oslo