Irma Ingertha Gram

Irma Ingertha Gram (née Schram; 21 December 1873 – 22 November 1945) was a Norwegian art historian.

Personal life

She was born in Kristiania[1] as a daughter of Thomas Andreas Schram (1835–1890) and Mathilde Just (1850–1901). She was a sister of businessperson Jacob Schram and physician Thomas Schram, and thus sister-in-law of Constance Wiel Schram.

In September 1907 she married physician Harald Mathias "Mads" Gram, a son of Jens Gram and maternal grandson of P. A. Munch.[2][3][4] Her older sister Elisabeth had already married Mads' brother Johan Fredrik Gram.[5]

Mads and Irma's son Peder "Per" Gram became a barrister and married alpine skier Johanne "Hannemor" Dybwad, a daughter of Niels Juell Dybwad and granddaughter of Johanne Dybwad. They had the daughter Kari Garmann.[6][7][8]

Career

As an art historian, Gram published books on ancient bobbin lace; De gamle kniplingers historie (1921), and a book on etiquette; Litt om skikk og bruk før og nu (1929).[1] She was employed at the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History from 1903 to 1907.[9] She also profiled several royals for a Norwegian audience, in Dronning Christina av Sverige (1924, about Christina I of Sweden), and Catharina av Medici (1927, about Catherine de' Medici).[1][10] She also contributed to the press and to Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation radio.

She was also a board member of Læseforening for kvinder from 1921.[9] She died in November 1945.[11]

References

1. "Irma Ingertha Gram". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 July 2012.
2. Gade, F. G. (1929). "Gram, Harald Mathias (Mads)". In Bull, Edvard; Jansen, Einar (eds.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 4 (1st ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 545–546.
3. Hammer, S. C. (1929). "Gram, Jens". In Bull, Edvard; Jansen, Einar (eds.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 4 (1st ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 543.
4. Bratberg, Terje. "Gram – slekt etter Mads Nielsen Gram". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 July 2012.
5. Hassel, Odd (1929). "Gram, Johan Fredrik". In Bull, Edvard; Jansen, Einar (eds.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 4 (1st ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 544.
6. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Gram, Peder". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 184. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
7. Johanne Dybwad's profile at Sports Reference.com Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
8. "Kari Garmann" (in Norwegian). Storting.
9. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1930). "Gram, Irma Ingertha". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 144. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
10. Aschehougs konversationsleksikon, supplement volume, 1932
11. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1948). "Fortegnelse over personer som siste gang er omtalt i utgaven 1938 med angivelse av deres dødsdatum". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 603. Retrieved 21 June 2012.