Bergljot Bassøe (Bech) Hamsun (1873 - 1943)

Born 17 Apr 1873 in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

Wife of Knut Hamsun — married 16 May 1898 in Oslo, Norway

Died 17 Apr 1943 at age 70 in La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur, Calvados, Normandy, France

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Biography

Bergljot was born 17 Apr 1873 in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. She was the daughter of Thomas Knoff Bech, a steam engineer, and Bergljot Bassøe. Bergljot was baptized 7 June 1873 at Trondheim.^[1][2]

At the time of the 1885 Norway Census, the Bech family was livingat 235 Kirkegaden 4 in Kristiania. The family included the parents, Thomas Bech, born 1837 in Bindalen and working as a skibsfører, and Bergliot, born 1842 in Trondheim, along with their children: Alette, born 1867 in Trondheim; Carl Christian Bassøe Bech, born 1870 in Trondheim; and Bergliot, born 1872 in Trondheim. The family also had a servant, Kristian Pedersen, born 1837 in Ullensaker.^[3]

Bergljot was first married to Edvard Goepfert, a factory owner. They were the parents of one child, a daughter, named Maria Bergljot, born 29 July 1894. Bergljot and Edvard lived in Vienna. They divorced 13 November 1897.^[4]

On 16 May 1898, in Oslo, Bergljot was married to the writer Knut Hamsun.^[5] They were the parents of one child, a daughter named Victoria, born 15 August 1902. They were divorced in 1908.

Bergljot died in 17 April 1943 in France.

Sources

1. ↑ Record of the Birth and Baptism of Bergljot Bech. Ministerialprotokoller, klokkerbøker og fødselsregistre - Sør-Trøndelag, 602/L0118: Ministerialbok nr. 602A16, 1873-1879, s. 10.
2. ↑ Knut Hamsun on Lokalhistoriewiki Norway.
3. ↑ Folketelling 1885 for 0301 Kristiania kjøpstad.
4. ↑ Knut Hamsun on Lokalhistoriewiki Norway.
5. ↑ Record of the Marriage of Knut Hamsun and Bergljot Bassøe Bech. Johannes prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0006: Ministerialbok nr. 6, 1893-1906, s. 98.