Conradine Birgitte Dunker

Conradine Birgitte Dunker.

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.^[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. http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=518144. 
2. ^ List of publications in BIBSYS
3. ^ "Dunker, Bernhard". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=518138. 
4. ^ "Ullmann, (Catherine Johanne Fredrikke) Vilhelmine". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=10356452. 
5. ^ "Hansteen, Aasta". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=582383. 

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Name	Dunker, Conradine Birgitte
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Date of birth	25 August 1780
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Date of death	1866
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