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Henrik Isben was born March 20, 1828 in Skien, Norway and died May 23 1906. His father, Knud Isben, was prosperous merchant, and his mother, Marichen Cornelia Martine Altenburg was avid painter and she loved theater. His education was interrupted by poverty and at the age of 15 and he went to work in a pharmacist in Grinmstad. He moved in 1850 to Christina (now Olso), where he attended Heltberg's a "student factory," an irregular school for university candidates, and earned his journalistic writings. The same year he wrote two plays, Catiline, a tragedy, which reflected the atmosphere of the revolutionary year of 1848, and The Burial Mound. He hoped to become a physician, but failed university of entrance examinations. After successfully performing a poem about Norway's past, Ibsen was appointed in 1851 by Ole Bull as "stage poet" of Den Nationale scene, a smaller theater. Ibsen staged more than 150 plays, becoming familiar with the techniques of professional theatrical performances. He also wrote four plays based on Norwegian folklore and history, notably Lady Inger of Ostrat (1855). In 1852 his theater sent him on a study tour to Denmark and Germany. Married in 1858 to Suzannah and had a one child by the name of Sigurd. Other plays he wrote were The Vikings of Helgoland (1858), Love's Comedy (1862), The Pretenders (1864), Bjornson (1865), Brand (1866), Peer Gynt (1867), The Emperor and The Galilean (1873), Dillars of Society (1877), and last but not least A Doll's House (1879).

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ibsen.htm