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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 (* 24. April 1799 in Skien; † 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
Marichen Cornelia Martine Altenburg – known as Marichen – was the daughter of Hedevig Christine Paus and shipowner Johan Andreas Altenburg, and was raised in Altenburggården, her parents' large townhouse in Skien. Her mother Hedevig Paus was the sister of Ole Paus, the stepfather of her...
Marichen Altenburg. merchant playwright. Marichen Cornelia Martine Altenburg was the mother of playwright Henrik Ibsen and belonged to the patriciate of Skien.
Henrik Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828, in Skien, Norway, a small town about seventy miles south-west of Oslo on the west coast of the Oslo Fjord. His mother, Marichen Altenburg Ibsen, a painter and devotee of the theater, encouraged her son in his early artistic endeavors.
A central theme in Ibsen’s plays is the “unremitting portrayals of suffering women,” echoing his mother Marichen Altenburg; “Ibsen’s sympathy with women came from his understanding of their powerlessness, and his education began at home.”
Su madre era Marichen Altenburg, hija de un adinerado armador. En el año 1844 se trasladó a Grimstad para trabajar como aprendiz en una farmacia. Después intentó iniciar la carrera de Medicina, pero tras fracasar en el examen de ingreso abandonó la idea para dedicarse de lleno a la literatura.
