The boy who shaped world literature
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Mount Gausta
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5 the church that stood at the heart of the bustling town square. When he was two years old, the family moved up the street to the elegant AltenburggĂĽrden, the childhood home of Henrikâs mother Marichen. Although the journey was not a long one, it was the very first of many in Ibsenâs life.
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Heddal Stave Church
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Henrik Ibsen
Experience Ibsen Skien burnt to the ground in 1886, and the buildings and streets we see today are not as they were when Henrik Ibsen lived here. Nevertheless, he is remembered in many ways in the town. You can join an Ibsen walk, see a play, enjoy delicious cakes that would have been familiar to the Ibsens, or visit Skien libraryâs dedicated Ibsen collection. And donât forget to download the Henrik Ibsen app. Follow the guided walks to explore Ibsenâs childhood and the memories of him that are all around us.
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Norwegian skiing museum
Blues museum
A week of celebrations Henrik was born on 20 March, and the week around his birthday is marked with special events all over Skien. The Henrik Ibsen Museum opens for the season a month later. The museum is at Venstøp farm, where little Henrik moved with his family when he was seven years old. The journey to Venstøp from Skien is just 5 kilometres, but that was probably a long journey in 1835.
The questions and myths are endless. A visit to Skien â the town of the playwrightâs childhood â may not provide all the answers but perhaps a few of the pieces that make up the puzzle of Henrik Ibsen. How could a boy from Skien become one of the worldâs greatest playwrights? Was it his Skien childhood that inspired him? Was it the song of the townâs sawmills and waterfalls, or the sound of hammer blows from the ironworks? Was it his time as an apprentice in Grimstad, or Romeâs magnificent Pantheon?
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Ibsenâs journeys âI feel the uneasiness of travel in my blood,â Ibsen once wrote. This summerâs exhibition at the Henrik Ibsen Museum explores the theme âHenrik Ibsenâs journeysâ, using artefacts and stories of the playwrightâs life. You can also get to know a selection of his best-known plays, and you are of course welcome to visit his childhood home itself and the colourful exhibition Peer Gynt. Every blessed word is true. The Henrik Ibsen Museum has something for visitors of all ages. As well as the museumâs exhibitions, there is a bowling alley, dressing-up room, cafĂŠ and museum shop.
Born into prosperity While exotic spices, beautiful fabrics and spirits were being sold in his fatherâs lucrative business on the ground floor of StockmannsgĂĽrden, a boy was born in the apartment above. It was 1828, and the boy was christened at home and given the names Henrik Johan Ibsen. It was early spring, 20 March, and from the windows of the apartment the family could see straight across to 32
Porsgrunds porcelain factory
Dalen Hotel
Fruit district