Magdalene Thoresen (1819 - 1903)

Short name Magdalene Thoresen
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First name Magdalene
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Alternative name Anna Magdalena
Date of birth 1819
Date of death 1903
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Sex Female
Place of birth Denmark
Place of death Denmark
Lived in Norway , Denmark
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Related to Henrik Ibsen , Suzannah Thoresen Ibsen
Bibliography Cf. - Broomans, in Writing the History 2001 - Norsk kvinnelitteraturhistorie. Bind 1. 1600-1900.
Provisional Notes NOT MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992 To be checked - Siri Wuttudal Born in Denmark as the daughter of skipper Thomas Nielsen Kragh and Anne Kirstine Pedersen. Studied to be a teacher in Copenhagen from 1840-42. In 1843 she married protestant minister of Sunnmøre (Norway), Hans Conrad Thoresen, and became stepmother to his 5 children. She had 4 children of her own. Henrik Ibsen was her son-in-law. As a widow she moved back to Copenhagen in 1862. Described the eroticism of the female subject (Broomans, KNAW). In the 1860s she was considered an avant-garde writer. Translator from ? KLK 1904
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Children Suzannah Thoresen Ibsen
Religion / ideology Protestant
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Spouse Kragh
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Place(s) of Residence Norway , Denmark