Sigurd Ibsen (1859–1930) was a Norwegian author and statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Norway in Stockholm and played a central role in the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905.
[edit] Background
As the only child of playwright Henrik Ibsen and his wife Suzannah Thoresen, he was born to high expectations and struggled all his life to meet these. He was born in Oslo, but grew up mostly in Germany and Italy.
Sigurd Ibsen got his doctorate in law in Rome in 1882 and was married to Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's daughter Bergliot. His son Tancred became a well known film director.
[edit] Prime Minister in Stockholm
From 1903 to 1905, he served as Prime Minister of Norway in Stockholm (i.e., the leader of the Norwegian delegation to the King of Sweden and Norway and the second highest cabinet position). During his term, George Francis Hagerup was Prime Minister in Christiania. Sigurd Ibsen played a central role 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.
[edit] Ancestry
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[edit] Literature
- Langslet, Lars Roar. Sønnen. Cappelen, 2004 ISBN 82-02-22101-3
- Steine, Bjørn Arne. Sigurd Ibsen : nasjon, politikk og kultur. Voksenåsen AS, 2005 ISBN 82-90617-34-8
- Rudeng, Erik (1994) “En statsmann i reserve”, Nytt norsk tidsskrift 11 (3-4): 266-280.
- Ibsen, Sigurd. Bak en gyllen fasade, Sigurd Ibsens brev til familien 1883-1929. Aschehoug, 1997. (Thorleif Dahls Kulturbibliotek) ISBN 82-03-26141-8
- Ibsen, Sigurd. Videnskab og mystik og andre essays. Grøndahl Dreyer, 1992. ISBN 82-504-1920-0
- Ibsen, Sigurd. Unionen. 1887
- sambok 29 treff på S. Ibsen som forfatter
