Nora Bergliot Ibsen (born 1951) is a Norwegian

theatrical producer A theatrical producer is a person who oversees all aspects of mounting a theatre Stagecraft, production. The producer is responsible for the overall financial and managerial functions of a production or venue, raises or provides financial backin ...

, noted for being the producer of the 2006 Ibsen Year, Norway's major anniversary of playwright

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 ...

's death 100 years earlier, including high profile celebrations in multiple countries. The Ibsen Year was one of the Norwegian government's major cultural undertakings in 2006, aimed at increasing appreciation of Henrik Ibsen and Norwegian culture internationally. The Ibsen Year comprised 8213 separate cultural events, and 83 countries took part in the commemoration.

Family

She is the great-great-granddaughter of both

and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, the 1903

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laureate. She is the daughter of diplomat

Tancred Ibsen, Jr. Tancred Ibsen Jr. (6 July 1921 – 11 February 2015) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in Kristiania as a son of Tancred Ibsen and Lillebil Ibsen. He was the great-grandson of both playwright Henrik Ibsen and Nobel Prize laureate Bjørnstjern ...

, the granddaughter of pioneer film director

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 ...

and dancer and actress Lillebil Ibsen, and the great-granddaughter 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 is named for the character Nora in Ibsen's play '' A Doll's House'' as well as for her great-grandmother Bergliot Ibsen. She is, together with her sister Hedda Ibsen, one of only two surviving male line members of the

Ibsen family Ibsen is a Norwegian family of Danish extraction. Its most famous members are playwright Henrik Ibsen, his son, statesman Sigurd Ibsen, and grandson, pioneer film director Tancred Ibsen. Several other family members have been noted artists. His ...

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Work

Nora Ibsen was headhunted by

Bentein Baardson Bentein Baardson (born 6 November 1953 in New York City) is Norwegian actor, instructor and theatre director. He was born in New York, and is the son of Brynjolv Baardson. Bentein Baardson graduated from Teaterhøyskolen in 1975. He has set up ...

as the producer of the 2006 Ibsen Year.

Queen Sonja Sonja (born Sonja Haraldsen on 4 July 1937) is Queen of Norway since 17 January 1991 as the wife of King Harald V. Sonja and the then Crown Prince Harald had dated for nine years prior to their marriage in 1968. They had kept their relations ...

was the Ibsen Year's high protector. The opening ceremony of the International Ibsen Year in Oslo, produced by Nora Ibsen and attended by the royal family and distinguished guests, presented '' Hedda Gabler'' as a Chinese opera, ''

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'' as a

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, as well as a rap version of ''

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five- act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen published in 1876. Written in Norwegian, it is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays. Ibsen believed ''Per Gynt'', the Norwegian fairy tale on wh ...

''. The ceremony was also broadcast on

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. Nora Ibsen also produced the International Gala performance of ''

'' at the

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, which was held under the auspices of Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and also attended by Queen Sonja of Norway. Nora Ibsen was also the producer of the 2008 Wergeland Year commemorating

Henrik Wergeland Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland (17 June 1808 – 12 July 1845) was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist. He is often described as a leading pioneer in the develop ...

, again in collaboration with

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/ref> She has also worked as a producer for the official celebration of King Harald V's and Queen Sonja's 70th birthdays.

References

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