Henrik Ibsen was born in Skien, a small lumber town in southern Norway. His father was a respected merchant in the community until 1836, when he we...

First at Bergen and then at the Norwegian Theatre in Christiania, Henrik Ibsen worked as a director and playwright, trying to create a “national dr...

Henrik Ibsen wrote plays. His early works are in verse, and his later works are in prose. Ibsen’s best-known plays included A Doll’s House, Hedda G...