Short answers, pulled from the story.
Henrik Ibsen was born on the 20th of March 1828 into the merchant elite of Skien. His family belonged to the patrician class of Telemark and included wealthy shipowners and officials who held power since the mid-1500s.
Henrik Ibsen lived in self-imposed exile for 27 years starting in 1864. He spent the majority of this time in Italy and Germany, moving from Christiania to Sorrento, then to Dresden, and finally to Munich.
Henrik Ibsen published Ghosts in 1881, and the play was controversial because it explicitly mentioned venereal disease and suggested that a respectable family could be poisoned from within. The play was banned in Norway for 20 years due to its hostile reception and challenge to Victorian morality.
Henrik Ibsen's later plays such as The Master Builder explore psychological conflicts, ambition, fear, and the passage of time. These works focus on the complexities of the human psyche rather than the moral failings of society.
Henrik Ibsen had one legitimate son named Sigurd Ibsen who became a lawyer, government minister, and eventually the Prime Minister of Norway. Sigurd's marriage to Bergljot Bjørnson further cemented Ibsen's connections to the Norwegian elite.