The National Library of Norway owns the world`s largest collection of books and other material about Henrik Ibsen.
The greater part of the National Library`s Ibsen Collection has been placed in the premises of the Centre for Ibsen Studies in the Observatory in Oslo.
The collection comprises:
- Henrik Ibsen`s works in the original language and in translation
- Parodies of and re-writings of Ibsen`s works
- Documents about Ibsen`s life and literary production:
- Books (biographies, monographs, doctoral dissertations, anthologies etc.)
- Chapters of books, encyclopedias etc.
- Articles in periodicals, newspapers, conference reports etc.
- Dissertations for master`s degrees
- Theatre programmes
It is possible to search for titles in the Ibsen Collection in the International Ibsen Bibliography.
Other collections in the National Library`s department in Oslo that contain material of interest to Ibsen research: the Manuscript Collection, the Picture Collection and the Theatre History Collection.
The National Library has extensive plans for the Ibsen Year 2006 and will among other things produce an exhibition which will open in January 2006.
By ibsen.net