Sigurd Ibsen

Sigurd Ibsen (1859–1930) was a Norwegian author and politician. As the only child of Henrik Ibsen, he was born to high expectations and struggled all his life to meet these.

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1859 - 1930 - Norwegian - Henrik Ibsen

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Sigurd Ibsen was born in Oslo. He held a central post in the Norwegian government from 1903 to 1905 under George Francis Hagerup and was a central person in the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905. He is also regarded as important in convincing influential Norwegians supporting a republican government, like Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Arne Garborg and Fridtjof Nansen, to turn and instead support a monarchy.

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Oslo - 1903 - 1905 - George Francis Hagerup - Dissolution - Union - Sweden - Republic - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - Arne Garborg - Fridtjof Nansen - Monarchy

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Sigurd Ibsen got his doctorate in law in Rome in 1882 and was married to Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's daughter Bergliot.

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Rome - 1882

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