Bergliot Ibsen

Bergliot Ibsen (née Bjørnson; 10 June 1869 – 2 February 1953) was a Norwegian mezzo-soprano singer.^[2][3]

Bergliot Ibsen
Born	Bergliot Bjørnson (1869-06-10)10 June 1869 Christiania, Norway
Died	2 February 1953(1953-02-02) (aged 83) Bolzano, Italy
Resting place	Vår Frelsers gravlund, Oslo
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Mezzo-soprano singer
Spouse	Sigurd Ibsen ​ ​ (m. 1892; died 1930)​ [1]
Children	Tancred Ibsen Irene Ibsen Bille
Parents	Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (father) Karoline Bjørnson (mother)
Relatives	Henrik Ibsen (father-in-law) Suzannah Ibsen (mother-in-law)

Biography

portrait from National Library of Norway

She was born Bergliot Bjørnson in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway) as the daughter of writer and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Karoline Bjørnson (née Reimers). She was married to politician Sigurd Ibsen (1859-1930), son of playwright Henrik Ibsen and Suzannah Ibsen. Her husband later became Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm. They were the parents of Tancred Ibsen, Eleonora Borberg and Irene Ibsen Bille.^[4]

Bergliot Ibsen made her concert début in Paris in 1880, and later toured in Norway and Denmark.^[1] In 1948 she published the memoir book De tre on the three Ibsens: Henrik, Suzannah and Sigurd.^[2][5]

She died in Bolzano, Italy in 1953.^[1] She was buried in Oslo at Æreslunden in Vår Frelsers gravlund.^[2][6]