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What job did Henrik Ibsen hold while studying for university entrance examinations?

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Portrait of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist and poet, with glasses, prominent sideburns, and formal attire, photographed in 1901. — Henrik Ibsen Norwegian dramatist and poet Henrik Ibsen.

While studying for his university entrance examinations, Henrik Ibsen worked as an apothecary’s apprentice in the small town of Grimstad, Norway. He moved there at age 15 to support himself after his family faced financial ruin.12