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Ibsen\u2019s Childhood Town<\/h1>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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\u2013 the First Act Began Here<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n<\/section>\n\n\n

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What did Skien look like when Henrik Ibsen lived here? You can find out in the exhibition \u201cIbsen\u2019s Childhood Town \u2013 the First Act Began Here\u201d<\/em> at Brekkeparken from February 5, 2026. The exhibition presents a series of photographs from Skien taken before the great city fire of 1886.<\/p>\n

\u201cSkien, in my childhood years, was an exceedingly lively and sociable town,\u201d Henrik Ibsen wrote about his hometown.<\/p>\n

In this busy and important port town, he was born into a patrician family that belonged to the leading social class in Skien in the 1820s. 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