Hedevig Christine Paus was the maternal grandmother of the playwright Henrik Ibsen. Born at Bjåland in Lårdal, moved to Skien as a young woman and married merchant and ship-owner Johan Andreas Altenburg. She was the sister of Ole Paus, Knud Ibsen's stepfather. The siblings Hedevig and Ole Paus were descended from a long line of lawyers and priests in Upper Telemark, part of the region's elite, the "aristocracy of officials" who governed this remote region.
Hedevig Christine Paus was the maternal grandmother of the playwright Henrik Ibsen. Born at Bjåland in Lårdal, moved to Skien as a young woman and married merchant and ship-owner Johan Andreas Altenburg. She was the sister of Ole Paus, Knud Ibsen's stepfather. The siblings Hedevig and Ole Paus were descended from a long line of lawyers and priests in Upper Telemark, part of the region's elite, the "aristocracy of officials" who governed this remote region.
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