Irene Ibsen Bille

Irene Ibsen Bille was a Norwegian novelist and playwright.
She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. She was a sister of Tancred Ibsen, paternal granddaughter of world-famous writer Henrik Ibsen and Suzannah Ibsen, daughter of Bergliot Ibsen and maternal granddaughter of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Karoline Bjørnson.
Irene Ibsen married Danish writer Steen Andersen Josias Christopher Bille, a member of the ancient noble Bille family, in 1930, and moved to Denmark. Her first dramatic work, Uten ansikt, was published here. Kysset followed in 1965. In the same year she issued the novel Det leende vindu. She died in February 1985.

Issue

Ibsen Bille had three children from two marriages: Suzanna, and Anders and Joen. Roughly a third of Henrik Ibsen's living descendants come from Irene's grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Suzannah Ibsen, married Ib Bering Jensen
*Thorkel Josias Bering-Jensen and Jeanette Uhrenholt
**Chanel Uhrenholt
**Francisca Uhrenholt
*Vitus Mario Bering-Jensen
**Angelo Bering Jensen
**Valentino Bering Jensen
**Jonas Vitus Bering-Jensen
**Leon Bering-Jensen
Anders Steensen Bille, married Mona Skov Hansen
*Steen Andersen Oluf Bille, married Geraldine Dumas
**Anders Steensen Victorien Bille
**Arsène Constant Eske Bille
*Bernt Ivar Bille, married Betina Laulund Henriksen
**Josias Christian Bille
**Emerentze Caroline Bille
Joen Steensen Bille, married Bente Scavenius
*Beate Bille, married Magnus Jønck
*''Peder Bille''