Conradine Birgitte Dunker

Conradine Birgitte Dunker.

Conradine Birgitte Dunker (née Hansteen) (25 August 1780 – 11 September 1866) was a Norwegian socialite and writer.

Born in Christiania, she held a "prominent spot in the social life of the capital city", according to one encyclopedia. She was also involved in the Dramatic Society. Her memoirs Gamle Dage : Erindringer og Tidsbilleder were published posthumously in 1871, and are seen as valuable sources on the 19th century cultural life.[1] It has been re-published several times, and Conradine Birgitte Dunker was also biographed in 1996.[2]

She was the mother of Bernhard Dunker[3] and Vilhelmine Ullmann.[4] Her younger brother was astronomer Christopher Hansteen; as such she was the aunt of feminist and painter Aasta Hansteen.[5]

References

  1. "Dunker, Conradine Birgitte". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  2. List of publications in BIBSYS
  3. "Dunker, Bernhard". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  4. "Ullmann, (Catherine Johanne Fredrikke) Vilhelmine". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  5. "Hansteen, Aasta". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
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