Thora Hansson

Thora Hansson (2 December 1848 – 11 September 1917) was a Norwegian actress and theatre director.

Hansson made her stage début at Christiania Theater in 1871, and worked at this theatre until 1899.

Thora Hanssom was the first actress to portray Solveig in Henrik Ibsens play Peer Gynt when it premiered in 1876.

[2] Her parents were Jørgen Friederich Neelsen (1808–1862), an architect, and Julie Hedvig Rustad (1821–1878).

[1] They were parents to Thorolf Mørch Hansson (1881–1952), a diplomat,[citation needed] and Gunnar Neels-Hansson (1883–1967), who became a theatre director.

Thora Neelsen became the first Solveig in Ibsen's Peer Gynt in 1876, here pictured in 1890. Photographer: Louise Abel.