{{Short description|Book by Jørgen Haave}} {{About|the book|the family|Ibsen (family)}} {{Infobox book | italic title = <!--(see above)--> | name = The Ibsen Family | image = File:The_Ibsen_Family.jpg | image_size = | border = | alt = | caption = Norwegian language book cover titled ''Familien Ibsen'' (2017) | author = [[Jørgen Haave]] | audio_read_by = | title_orig = Familien Ibsen | orig_lang_code = no | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Norway | language = | series = | release_number = | subject = | genre = | set_in = | publisher = Museumsforlaget | publisher2 = | pub_date = 2017 | english_pub_date = | published = | media_type = | pages = | awards = | isbn = 9788283050455 | isbn_note = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = <!-- for books in a series --> | followed_by = <!-- for books in a series --> | native_wikisource = | wikisource = | notes = | exclude_cover = | website = }} '''''The Ibsen Family''''' ({{langx|no|Familien Ibsen}}) is a non-fiction book by Ibsen scholar [[Jørgen Haave]] about [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s family and early life.
== Background == It was published by Museumsforlaget and [[Telemark Museum]] in 2017. The book is based on a systematic, critical reassessment of the knowledge about Ibsen's childhood and family – that is, the closely intertwined Ibsen, [[Paus family|Paus]] and [[Johan Andreas Altenburg|Altenburg]] merchant family of Skien, placing it in a broader context.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rian |first1=Øystein |author-link=Øystein Rian|title=Jørgen Haave: Familien Ibsen (review) |journal=[[Ibsen Studies]] |date=2018 |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=208–212 |doi=10.1080/15021866.2018.1550876}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Melfald |first1=Nina |title=En viktig Ibsen-bok – som anbefales varmt |date=6 November 2017 |work=Varden}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=En klysete overklassefyr skal feires! |url=https://telemarkshistorier.no/kultur-og-tradisjon/en-klysete-overklassefyr-skal-feires/ |publisher=Telemarkshistorier |access-date=4 November 2023}}</ref><ref>"[https://www.nrk.no/vestfoldogtelemark/xl/nye-funn-kan-endre-historien-om-ibsen-1.13387816 Nye funn kan endre historien om Ibsen]", [[NRK]], 26 February 2017</ref><ref>"[https://telemarkshistorier.no/telemarkpodden/jorgen-haave-henrik-ibsen-tryllet-for-kaksene-pa-venstop/ Henrik Ibsen tryllet for kaksene på Venstøp]", ''Telemarkshistorier''</ref> In 2017, Haave was awarded second place in the Researcher's Association's "Hjernekraft" prize for his research on Ibsen. Ibsen scholar Ellen Rees notes that the book is a seminal work in what she describes as a "revolution" in recent historical and biographical research into Ibsen's life, that has refuted many myths previously taken for granted.<ref name=Rees>{{cite journal |last1=Rees |first1=Ellen |title=Tropes Revisited: Evert Sprinchorn's ''Ibsen's Kingdom: The Man and His Works'' and Recent Historical Research in Ibsen Studies |journal=Scandinavian Studies |date=2022 |volume=94 |issue=4 |pages=530–545 |doi=10.5406/21638195.94.4.06 |s2cid=253371741 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/869129|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Haave sees Ibsen's life trajectory in the context of the development of a modern and democratic constitutional state of Norway. He describes Ibsen as a boy who was pampered by his father, who liked to be creative in solitude, and who provoked peers with his superiority and arrogance.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ibsen family |url=https://booksfromnorway.com/books/1114-the-ibsen-family |publisher=Books from Norway |access-date=4 November 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== *''[http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2020041448039 Familien Ibsen]'' (National Library of Norway; full access from Norwegian libraries)
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