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This was the home of the Ibsen family, but Henrik likely did not live here. Telemark Museum's research suggests that Henrik only stayed here during summer holidays in July 1845 and for a couple of weeks in April 1850. In November 1843, Henrik Ibsen left for an apprenticeship in pharmacy in Grimstad. In December of the same year, his family moved from their childhood home at VenstĂžp (now a museum) to this house. The Ibsens lived on the second floor. Besides his parents, Knud and Marichen, Henrik's older brother Johan also moved here. He lived here until he emigrated to America in 1849. Sister Hedvig lived here until she got engaged to skipper Hans Jacob Stousland in the early 1850s. The hunchbacked second youngest brother Nicolai lived here and operated a dry goods store until he declared bankruptcy in 1863, two months before bankruptcy laws were introduced. The youngest brother in the family, Ole Paus Ibsen, lived here from the age of eight until he was fourteen, when he was sent to sea. Money ran out in the mid-1850s, but Knud and Marichen Ibsen still had servants in their household. This was typical of their social status and indicates they were well taken care of by Knud Ibsen's wealthy half-brother, Christopher Blom Paus.