NANSEN'S WIVES
Med hovedinngangen.
Eva Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen married Eva Sars in 1889, and they had five children together. She was a gifted romance singer as well as a pioneer of female skiing. Her early death in 1907 was a hard blow to Nansen.
This photograph was taken in Stockholm in 1895, during Eva's last concert tour. Fridtjof Nansen kept it in his study room, where it can still be seen today.
Sigrun Nansen
Sigrun Munthe became Fridtjof Nansens second wife in 1919, but spent many unhappy and lonely days at Polhøgda while her husband travelled widely on humanitarian and diplomatic missions.
It is believed that Nansen and Sigrun had been romantically involved even before the death of Eva Nansen. This lithograph was drawn by Nansen himself, probably around 1905.
