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Ingeborg as reciter
Ingeborg discovered her gift for reading aloud almost accidentally when she was asked to join an event where poets read their own work.
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In the biography Ingeborg describes the beginning of her "stage" career. A few female poets organised the evening, and they called and asked if Ingeborg wanted to come.
This story has a Cinderella character, from the slightly patronising attitude of the woman calling her ("One might not count you among lyric poets - -- (...) Nobody will expect much from you so don't worry - --") to the huge success.
"I suddenly got onstage and started reading "Jeg vil hem att", but I didn't get far because people started clapping.
The applauce was confusing and a bit scary, so I asked people to keep quiet until I finished. Then it was dead silent to the end of the poem.
When I finished, the applauce was thundering, and I stumbled off stage - - - "
That was the start of Ingeborg's career as reciter. She was engaged by the manager Rulle Rasmussen and toured with a program of own poems, spellbinding audiences all over Norway and parts of Scandinavia.
Adverts for Ingeborg's reading evenings to raise funds for the decoration of the Stein school at Romerike.
