Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen was a famous Norwegian playwright and poet. He was born in 1828 and died 1906. He was called the "Father of modern drama". Ibsen was one of the greatest Norwegian authors, he became a national symbol by Norwegians, and is one of the most important playwrights in Norwegian history.[2]

Most of the plays he wrote were considered obscene and scandalous to many people in the Victorian era, and any kind of opposition to their morality was looked upon as outrageous. Ibsen wrote about the realities that hid behind the many facades and the contemporaries certainly looked upon this as questioning their morality.

After a series of strokes, Ibsen died in Oslo on May 23, 1906. There is a story well known in Norway concerning his death. Whether it was true or not is debateable. One of his visitors asked his nurse how he was, she replied that he was a little better, Ibsen mumbled "On the contrary” and immediately died.

He is buried in The Graveyard of Our Saviour in Oslo. Ibsen's passing was commemorated in Norway and many other countries in 2006 the 100th the anniversary of his death, and the year was fondly called the "Ibsen year" by the authorities. They reopened and completely restored the writer's home with the original interior, colours and decor.

These are the best known works of Ibsen. He wrote 27 in all.

Peer Gynt (1867)A Doll's House (1879)Ghosts (1881)The Wild Duck (1884)Hedda Gabler (1890)

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