Irene Ibsen Bille

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Irene Ibsen Bille (10 September 1901 – 22 February 1985) (née Irene Ibsen) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright.

She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen.^[1] She was a sister of Tancred Ibsen, paternal granddaughter of world-famous writer Henrik Ibsen and Suzannah Ibsen (née Thoresen), daughter of Bergliot Ibsen (née Bjørnson)^[2] and maternal granddaughter of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Karoline Bjørnson (née Reimers).^[3]

Irene Ibsen married Danish writer Josias Bille, a member of the ancient noble Bille family, in 1930, and moved to Denmark.^[4] Her first dramatic work, Uten ansikt ('Faceless'), was published here. Kysset ('The Kiss') followed in 1965. In the same year she issued the novel Det leende vindu ('The Laughing Window').^[1] She died in February 1985.^[4]

Issue

Irene Ibsen and Josias Bille had the following descendants, who also make up roughly half of Henrik Ibsen's living descendants

Anders Steensen Bille (1940–), married Mona Skov Hansen
- Bernt Ivar Bille
- Steen Andersen Oluf Bille
Joen Steensen Bille (1944–), married Bente Scavenius (1944–)
- Beate Bille (1976–)
- Peder Bille

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Irene Ibsen Bille". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
↑ Leiren, Terje I. "Sigurd Ibsen". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
↑ Haavet, Inger Elisabeth. "Bergliot Ibsen". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Irene Ibsen Bille er død" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 26 February 1985.

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

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Persondata
Name	Bille, Irene Ibsen
Alternative names
Short description	Norwegian writer
Date of birth	10 September 1901
Place of birth
Date of death	22 February 1985
Place of death

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