La generación de un destino turístico a partir de un ícono Henrik Ibsen y su ciudad natal, Skien (Noruega)
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Fure, J. S. (2016). La generación de un destino turístico a partir de un ícono: Henrik Ibsen y su ciudad natal, Skien (Noruega). Estudios Turísticos, (207-208), 169–181. https://doi.org/10.61520/et.207-2082016.137
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Published: jun. 30, 2016
Pages: 169-181
Abstract
Recent biographical studies done at the Telemark Museum, has challenged previous assumptions about Henrik Ibsen’s
family and the circumstances of his childhood. Jörgen Haaves research has placed the Ibsen family solidly at the top of the social,
cultural and economic hierarchy of the small, but prosperous town Skien at the beginning of the 19th century. The financial catastrophe
Knud Ibsen, Henrik’s father suffered from the 1830s was not the failed attempt of a man trying to reach the top from the lower classes.
Rather, he fell gradually from the top, a fall however softened for a period by generous relatives and friends. The Ibsen family had to
move from their representative home in Skien, to the summer house Venstøp in the countryside, but this did not affect the social selfawareness,
cultural values and atmosphere in the Ibsen home in the years of Henrik’s childhood as much as has been earlier believed.
Henrik Ibsen Museum, (at Venstøp), is currently transforming the narrative being told, to share the recent research news with visitors
and involve them in the process of reflection. The fact that he never once, after a short visit in 1850, returned to his birthplace even
to see his close family, attend the funeral of the parents, or open the great theater hall built by the city to his birthday in 1891, points
to an unresolved and uncomfortable relationship between the small town and its great son. The themes of rejection and embrace,
individual talent and achievement and the relevance of social background and biography will continue to be debated and explored by
literary scholars, museum staff and museum visitors. The 200-year anniversary of Henrik Ibsen’s birth coming up in 2028 presents a
great opportunity to developing and marketing the fascinating world of Henrik Ibsen and his childhood in a city where one might find
authentic memories as well as a lively debate about his life and work and the relationship between Ibsen and his townsfolk.
family and the circumstances of his childhood. Jörgen Haaves research has placed the Ibsen family solidly at the top of the social,
cultural and economic hierarchy of the small, but prosperous town Skien at the beginning of the 19th century. The financial catastrophe
Knud Ibsen, Henrik’s father suffered from the 1830s was not the failed attempt of a man trying to reach the top from the lower classes.
Rather, he fell gradually from the top, a fall however softened for a period by generous relatives and friends. The Ibsen family had to
move from their representative home in Skien, to the summer house Venstøp in the countryside, but this did not affect the social selfawareness,
cultural values and atmosphere in the Ibsen home in the years of Henrik’s childhood as much as has been earlier believed.
Henrik Ibsen Museum, (at Venstøp), is currently transforming the narrative being told, to share the recent research news with visitors
and involve them in the process of reflection. The fact that he never once, after a short visit in 1850, returned to his birthplace even
to see his close family, attend the funeral of the parents, or open the great theater hall built by the city to his birthday in 1891, points
to an unresolved and uncomfortable relationship between the small town and its great son. The themes of rejection and embrace,
individual talent and achievement and the relevance of social background and biography will continue to be debated and explored by
literary scholars, museum staff and museum visitors. The 200-year anniversary of Henrik Ibsen’s birth coming up in 2028 presents a
great opportunity to developing and marketing the fascinating world of Henrik Ibsen and his childhood in a city where one might find
authentic memories as well as a lively debate about his life and work and the relationship between Ibsen and his townsfolk.
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Keywords:
Ibsen, ícono, museo, casa natal y destino turístico