Conradine Birgitte Dunker
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Conradine Birgitte Dunker (née Hansteen) (25 August 1780 – 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 memoars Gamle Dage : Erindringer og Tidsbilleder were published posthumously in 1871, and are seen as valuable sources on the 19th century cultural life. It has been re-published several times, and Conradine Birgitte Dunker was also biographed in 1996.
She was the mother of Bernhard Dunker and Vilhelmine Ullmann. Her younger brother was astronomer Christopher Hansteen
; as such she was the aunt of feminist and painter Aasta Hansteen
.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
socialite and writer.
Born in Christiania
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, 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 memoars Gamle Dage : Erindringer og Tidsbilleder were published posthumously in 1871, and are seen as valuable sources on the 19th century cultural life. It has been re-published several times, and Conradine Birgitte Dunker was also biographed in 1996.
She was the mother of Bernhard Dunker and Vilhelmine Ullmann. Her younger brother was astronomer Christopher Hansteen
Christopher Hansteen
Christopher Hansteen was a Norwegian geophysicist, astronomer and physicist, best known for his mapping of Earth's magnetic field.-Early life and career:...
; as such she was the aunt of feminist and painter Aasta Hansteen
Aasta Hansteen
Aasta Hansteen, , was a Norwegian painter, writer, and early feminist.-Background:Aasta Hansteen was born in Christiania, modern day Oslo, the daughter of Christopher Hansteen, a noted professor of astronomy, geophysics and applied mathematics at the University of Oslo...
.