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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 The Nobel Prizes ( sv, Nobelpriset, no, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make ...
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 J ...
(née Reimers). She was married to politician
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 ...
(1859-1930), son 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 pla ...
and Suzannah Ibsen. Her husband later became Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm. They were the parents of
Tancred Ibsen Tancred Ibsen (11 July 1893 – 4 December 1978) was a Norway, Norwegian Officer (armed forces), military officer, Aircraft pilot, aviator, film director and screenwriter. Background Ibsen was the son of Sigurd Ibsen and Bergljot Bjørnson. He was ...
, Eleonora Borberg and
Irene Ibsen Bille Irene Ibsen Bille (10 September 1901 – 22 February 1985) (née Irene Ibsen) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. She was a sister of Tancred Ibsen, paternal granddaug ...
. Bergliot Ibsen made her concert début in
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in 1880, and later toured in Norway and Denmark. In 1948 she published the memoir book ''De tre'' on the three Ibsens: Henrik, Suzannah and Sigurd. She died in
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, Italy in 1953. She was buried in Oslo at Æreslunden in
Vår Frelsers gravlund The Cemetery of Our Saviour ( no, Vår Frelsers gravlund) is a cemetery in Oslo, Norway, located north of Hammersborg in Gamle Aker district. It is located adjacent to the older Old Aker Cemetery and was created in 1808 as a result of the great ...
.


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* 1869 births 1953 deaths Musicians from Oslo Norwegian women singers Norwegian memoirists Bergliot Norwegian expatriates in Italy Norwegian expatriates in France Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour {{Norway-singer-stub