Henriette Hansen (7 May 1814 â€" 20 November 1892), was a Norwegian
stage actress, opera singer and ballet dancer. She belonged to the
pioneer generation of the first public theatre in Norway, the theatre
of Christiania Offentlige Theater in Oslo in 1827. This being the
first public stage in Norway, she may be regarded as the first native
professional ballet dancer in Norway: the first ballet dancer in
Norway was likely the foreign born Christina Doreothea
Stuart.Henriette Hansen was born in Christiania, (now Oslo), Norway.
She was the daughter of tradesman Christopher Hansen and Gunhild
Jensdatter.In Norway, professional theatre was long managed by
travelling theatre companies from Denmark and Sweden. In 1827, the
first public theatre, which was to be the Christiania Theater, was
opened in Oslo by the Swedish actor Johan Peter Strömberg
(1773â€"1834). Strömberg had the ambition to create Norwegian actors.
On the inauguration of the Strömberg theatre on 30 January 1827, a
ballet was performed by the Norwegian dancers Henriette Hansen and
Andrine (Randine) Christensen, who were described as the foster
children of Strömberg, followed by the play Hustrun, translated from
Die deutsche Hausfrau by German dramatist August von Kotzebue
(1761â€"1819).
stage actress, opera singer and ballet dancer. She belonged to the
pioneer generation of the first public theatre in Norway, the theatre
of Christiania Offentlige Theater in Oslo in 1827. This being the
first public stage in Norway, she may be regarded as the first native
professional ballet dancer in Norway: the first ballet dancer in
Norway was likely the foreign born Christina Doreothea
Stuart.Henriette Hansen was born in Christiania, (now Oslo), Norway.
She was the daughter of tradesman Christopher Hansen and Gunhild
Jensdatter.In Norway, professional theatre was long managed by
travelling theatre companies from Denmark and Sweden. In 1827, the
first public theatre, which was to be the Christiania Theater, was
opened in Oslo by the Swedish actor Johan Peter Strömberg
(1773â€"1834). Strömberg had the ambition to create Norwegian actors.
On the inauguration of the Strömberg theatre on 30 January 1827, a
ballet was performed by the Norwegian dancers Henriette Hansen and
Andrine (Randine) Christensen, who were described as the foster
children of Strömberg, followed by the play Hustrun, translated from
Die deutsche Hausfrau by German dramatist August von Kotzebue
(1761â€"1819).
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