Erika Nissen

Erika Nissen, née Lie (17 January 1845 – 27 October 1903) was a Norwegian pianist.

She was born in Kongsvinger[1] as the daughter of jurist Michael Strøm Lie and his wife Ingeborg Birgitte Røring Møinichen. She was the sister of Thomasine Lie, who married Jonas Lie.[2] She was the niece of Erik Røring Møinichen, her mother's brother.[3]

She made her concert debut in 1866 in Berlin, and played in Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Paris. She retired at the end of the 1870s to work as a music teacher. In 1894 she was granted an artist's scholarship by the Norwegian state.[1]

She was engaged to Rikard Nordraak for a short time,[1] and from 1892 to 1894 she had an affair with Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.[4] She eventually married politician Oscar Nissen.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Nissen, Erika". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=694338. 
  2. ^ Genealogy
  3. ^ Genealogy
  4. ^ Sørensen, Øystein (1984) (in Norwegian). 1880-årene. Ti år som rystet Norge. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. pp. 121. ISBN 82-00-06966-4.