The mystery of the "North of the North" in Ibsen's works

• Published in: Nordlit
• Main Author: Nygaard, Jon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Norwegian
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2015
• Subjects: North; North of the North; Norwegian school of history; immigration theory; Sami; Kvääni; sei∂; trolls; Molde; North Cape; Norway; Finnmark; Northern Norway; sami; midnight sun
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3364; https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3364

It is an exaggeration to claim that several of the protagonists in Ibsen’s dramatic works are from the north, or have lived there. The few characters in Ibsen’s drama related to the North are, however, given a special emphasis in his works. They are, like the landscape and the light of the North, my...