Irene Ibsen Bille Explained

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 Steen Andersen Josias Christopher Bille (called Josias), 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

Ibsen Bille had three children from two marriages: Suzanna (with first husband, Mario Rocco, the daughter was named Rosetta), and Anders and Joen (with second husband Josias). Roughly a third of Henrik Ibsen's living descendants come from Irene's grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

• Suzannah Ibsen (1922-1979), married Ib Bering Jensen (1921-2012)
  • Thorkel Josias Bering-Jensen (1959-) and Jeanette Uhrenholt (1968-)
    • Chanel Uhrenholt (1986-)
    • Francisca Uhrenholt (1990-)
  • Vitus Mario Bering-Jensen (1959-)
    • Angelo Bering Jensen (1983-)
    • Valentino Bering Jensen (1986-)
    • Jonas Vitus Bering-Jensen (2003-)
    • Leon Bering-Jensen (2016-)
• Anders Steensen Bille (1940–2011), married Mona Skov Hansen (1941-)
  • Steen Andersen Oluf Bille (1964-), married Geraldine Dumas (1975-)
    • Anders Steensen Victorien Bille (2009-)
    • Arsène Constant Eske Bille (2011-)
  • Bernt Ivar Bille (1968-), married Betina Laulund Henriksen
    • Josias Christian Bille (2000-)
    • Emerentze Caroline Bille (2003-)
• Joen Steensen Bille (1944–), married Bente Scavenius (1944–)
  • Beate Bille (1976–), married Magnus Jønck
  • Peder Bille (1983-)

References

http://forum.arkivverket.no/topic/137114-51681-ibsen-etterkommere-i-italia/

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: 2007. Irene Ibsen Bille. Store norske leksikon. Henriksen, Petter. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 16 July 2009.
2. Encyclopedia: Sigurd Ibsen. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Terje I.. Leiren. Helle, Knut. Knut Helle. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 16 July 2009.
3. Encyclopedia: Bergliot Ibsen. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Inger Elisabeth. Haavet. Helle, Knut. Knut Helle. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 16 July 2009.
4. News: Irene Ibsen Bille er død. Norwegian News Agency. 26 February 1985. Norwegian.