Hedvig Ibsen

Hedvig, painted by Grandjean in 1839, eight years old

Hedvig Cathrine Ibsen (married name: Hedvig Stousland; born 15 November 1831 in Skien, died 15 June 1920 in Skien) was the sister of playwright Henrik Ibsen, with whom he was particularly close during their childhood. She was the daughter of Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg, and was named for her maternal grandmother, Hedevig Paus. The character Hedvig in The Wild Duck is widely believed to be named for her and/or her grandmother.^[1]

She married ship's captain Jacob Stousland, and was the mother of merchant and politician Carl Stousland (1860–1941), who served as a Member of Parliament for Skien and as the Mayor of Skien.^[2]

References

1. ↑ Joan Templeton, Ibsen's women, Cambridge University Press, 1997, p. 1ff.
2. ↑ NSD: Carl Stousland

v t e Henrik Ibsen's family Ancestors and birth relatives Grandparents Henrich Ibsen, Johanne Plesner, Johan Andreas Altenburg, Hedevig Christine Paus, Ole Paus (step grandfather), parents Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg, sister Hedvig Ibsen, uncles Christian Cornelius Paus, Henrik Johan Paus, Christopher Blom Paus, great-aunt Kristine Cathrine Ploug (née Altenburg), first cousin Ole Paus, nephew Carl Stousland, first cousin once removed Christopher de Paus Wife, family-in-law and issue Wife Suzannah Ibsen (née Thoresen), step mother-in-law Magdalene Thoresen, son Sigurd Ibsen, daughter-in-law Bergliot Ibsen (née Bjørnson), grandson Tancred Ibsen, granddaughter Irene Ibsen Bille (née Ibsen), grandson's wife Lillebil Ibsen (née Krohn), great-grandsons Tancred Ibsen, Jr. and Joen Bille, great-great-granddaughters Nora Ibsen and Beate Bille See also: Ibsen family – Related families: Paus, Plesner, Blom, Bille