Plesner is a Norwegian family of Danish extraction, noted for its association with playwright

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. Many descendants of the family have occupied prominent positions in Norwegian society.

History

Johan Glüsing Plesner (1703–1735) from Kerteminde in Denmark migrated to Skien in Norway around 1720, where he became a merchant. He was a son of merchant Bendix Jens Plesner (died 1708) and Anna Dorthe Bager (died 1748) of Kerteminde, and was married to Karen Cathrine Hind, a daughter of Kerteminde's mayor (rådmand) Knud Pedersen Hind. Johan was the father of merchant Knud Plesner (1731–1790), married to Marie Roll (1741–1786).

cites the family as one of the patrician families of Skien.

Descendants

Knud Plesner had numerous descendants who occupied prominent positions in Norwegian society through his two daughters Maria Plesner and Johanne Plesner.Klitgaard, C.: "Familien Plesner", '' Norsk slektshistorisk tidsskrift'', 1956 XV 3 Maria Plesner (1768–1800) was married to Diderik von Cappelen. Their children were Petronelle von Cappelen (1794–1855), Diderik von Cappelen (1795–1866, married to Edel Severine Margrethe Henriette Løvenskiold), Marie Elisabeth Cappelen (1796–1834), Knud Cappelen (1797–1798), Inger Jørgine Cappelen (1799–1871) and Peder Cappelen (1800–1800). Maria Plesner was the grandmother of painter August Cappelen and land owner

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, and great-grandmother of chamberlain

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(1770–1847) married ship's captain Henrich

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(1765–1797) and in her second marriage shipowner Ole Paus (1766–1855), and her children were

Knud Ibsen Knud Plesner Ibsen (3 October 1797, in Skien – 24 October 1877, in Skien) was a Norwegian merchant from the city of Skien and the father of the playwright Henrik Ibsen. He is widely considered the model for many central characters in his ...

(1797–1877), Henrik Johan Paus (1799–1893), Christian Cornelius Paus (1800–1879), Maria Marthine Paus (born 1802), Christine Pauline Paus (born 1803), Nicolai Kall Paus (1804–1804), Jacob von der Lippe Paus (1806–1826), Mariane Nicoline Elisabeth Paus (born 1808),

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and Johanne Caroline Paus (born 1813). Her descendants include

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 ...

, Tancred Ibsen,

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Nora Ibsen Nora Bergliot Ibsen (born 1951) is a Norwegian theatrical producer, noted for being the producer of the 2006 Ibsen Year, Norway's major anniversary of playwright Henrik Ibsen's death 100 years earlier, including high profile celebrations in multipl ...

, Irene Ibsen Bille, Joen Bille, Beate Bille, factory owner Ole Paus, Christopher Tostrup Paus, Ole Otto Paus, singer Ole Paus and

Pontine Paus Cecilie Alexandra Pontine Paus (born 15 June 1973) is a London-based Norwegian designer and shipping heiress. A member of the billionaire Wilhelmsen family on her mother's side, she is one of the owners of Wilh. Wilhelmsen, one of the world's la ...

References

{{reflist Norwegian families Patriciate of Norway Henrik Ibsen