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Marichen Cornelia Martine Altenburg (24 April 1799 – 3 June 1869) was the mother of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and is known as the model for several characters in some of Ibsen's most famous plays, including Åse in Peer Gynt.
Marichen Cornelia Martine Altenburg was the mother of playwright Henrik Ibsen and belonged to the patriciate of Skien.
Marichen Cornelia Martine Altenburg (* 24. April 1799 in Skien [1] ; † 3. Juni 1869 ebenda) war die Mutter des Dichters Henrik Ibsen und gilt als Vorbild für mehrere literarische Figuren in Ibsens Dramen, u. a. „Aase“ in Peer Gynt .
Who was Marichen Altenburg? Marichen Cornelia Martine Altenburg was the mother of playwright Henrik Ibsen and belonged to the patriciate of Skien. She is considered the model for the character Åse in Peer Gynt and Inga of Varteig in The Pretenders, and indeed, she would "echo through her son's work in unremitting portrayals of suffering women."
Altenburggården (Altenburg House) was a large townhouse in central Skien, Norway, known as the childhood home of the playwright Henrik Ibsen and his mother Marichen Altenburg. It burned down during the great fire of 1886.
Ibsen was born to Knud Ibsen (1797–1877) and Marichen Altenburg (1799–1869), a well-to-do merchant family, in the small port town of Skien in Telemark county, a city which was noted for shipping timber.
Jun 1, 2024 · Det eneste portrettet som eksisterer av Marichen Altenburg er en silhuett fra ca. 1820 (Norwegian Bokmål)
