Lieungh Family House, Snipetorpgata 2

The earliest known handwriting from Henrik Ibsen is a letter he sent from Grimstad addressed to Poul Lieungh, who lived in this house. Lieungh owned the entire lower part of this block. From the letter, it is evident that Ibsen's circle of friends in Skien wrote poems and borrowed books from each other. They were also, of course, interested in girls. Henrik writes: "You may believe that Grimstad, and especially its surroundings, are quite beautiful; and although not as gallant as Skien’s, the ladies are also quite appealing, and you can be sure that I do everything to obtain their favor, which is also quite easy to achieve."