Østergaard, Ingeborg

Biography in relation to Skagen

Daughter of Ludvig Emil Andersen, 1859-1910, owner of the Skagen Hotel at the railway station, known for its fine collection of figureheads, which was sold to a Swedish shipowner in 1938. The hotel was demolished in 1964.   

Holger Drachmann, like many others, was captivated by the beautiful girl he called "Skagen's Rose", who inspired him to write the novel Church and Organ, 1904. 

On her father's early death she went into the hotel business with her mother Anny Andersen, 1857-1924.  In 1913 she married the writer Poul Østergaard, 1882-1914, who shot himself the year after the wedding.   

In 1920 she had a daughter, Kirsten Kruse, 1920-1983, with the Swedish troubadour Evert Taube, 1890-1976. 

In 1938 she sold the hotel's large collection of  figureheads to a Swedish shipowner. Copies of the figureheads can be found today in the Pakhuset restaurant.