Regine Olsen

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Regine Olsen was a 19th-century Danish woman best known as the fiancée and muse of philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, whose broken engagement to her profoundly shaped his life and writings.

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Regine Olsen canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Danish person
human
associatedWith Golden Age of Danish philosophy
birthName Regine Schlegel
burialPlace Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen
surface form: Garnisons Cemetery, Copenhagen
causeOfNotability broken engagement with Søren Kierkegaard
countryOfCitizenship Denmark
culturalDepictionAs tragic romantic figure in Kierkegaard scholarship
dateOfBirth 1822-01-23
dateOfDeath 1904-03-18
engagementEnd 1841
engagementStart 1840
era 19th century
familyName Olsen
fiancé Søren Kierkegaard
givenName Regine
influenced biographical interpretations of Søren Kierkegaard
inspiredWork The Seducer’s Diary
surface form: Diary of a Seducer

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Fear and Trembling
Repetition
Stages on Life’s Way
Works of Love
knownFor influence on Søren Kierkegaard’s life and writings
languageSpoken Danish
livedIn U.S. Virgin Islands
surface form: Danish West Indies
marriageDate 1847
name Regine Olsen self-link
nationality Danish
notableFor fiancée of Søren Kierkegaard
muse of Søren Kierkegaard
occupation housewife
placeOfBirth Copenhagen
portrayedIn biographical novels about Søren Kierkegaard
films about Søren Kierkegaard
relativeByMarriage Johan Frederik Schlegel
religion Lutheranism
residence Copenhagen
returnedToLiveIn Copenhagen
sexOrGender female
spouse Fritz Johan Schlegel
spouseOccupation civil servant
governor of the Danish West Indies
stepfather Johan Frederik Schlegel

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Søren Kierkegaard engagedTo Regine Olsen
Regine Olsen name Regine Olsen self-link