Marianne Ihlen
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Marianne Ihlen was a Norwegian woman best known as Leonard Cohen’s muse and former lover, immortalized in several of his songs and writings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marianne Ihlen canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4867736 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marianne Ihlen Context triple: [So Long, Marianne, inspiredBy, Marianne Ihlen]
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A.
Hanne Grotjord
Hanne Grotjord is the wife of Norwegian politician and former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland.
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B.
Ingeborg Holm
Ingeborg Holm is a character in Thomas Mann’s novella "Tonio Kröger," representing part of the bourgeois world that shapes the protagonist’s conflicted feelings about art and ordinary life.
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C.
Lotten Ramel
Lotten Ramel is a Swedish actress and singer, known for her work in film, television, and theater and as the daughter of entertainer Povel Ramel.
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D.
Inger Skramstad
Inger Skramstad is known as the spouse of Norwegian-American physicist and Nobel laureate Ivar Giaever.
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E.
Catharina Bolnes
Catharina Bolnes was the wife of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and the mother of his many children, known primarily through her connection to the artist’s life and estate.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marianne Ihlen Target entity description: Marianne Ihlen was a Norwegian woman best known as Leonard Cohen’s muse and former lover, immortalized in several of his songs and writings.
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A.
Hanne Grotjord
Hanne Grotjord is the wife of Norwegian politician and former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland.
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B.
Ingeborg Holm
Ingeborg Holm is a character in Thomas Mann’s novella "Tonio Kröger," representing part of the bourgeois world that shapes the protagonist’s conflicted feelings about art and ordinary life.
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C.
Lotten Ramel
Lotten Ramel is a Swedish actress and singer, known for her work in film, television, and theater and as the daughter of entertainer Povel Ramel.
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D.
Inger Skramstad
Inger Skramstad is known as the spouse of Norwegian-American physicist and Nobel laureate Ivar Giaever.
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E.
Catharina Bolnes
Catharina Bolnes was the wife of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and the mother of his many children, known primarily through her connection to the artist’s life and estate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
muse ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hydra artistic community
ⓘ
linked to:
Hydra town
Leonard Cohen’s debut album "Songs of Leonard Cohen" ⓘ
linked to:
Songs of Leonard Cohen
|
| burialPlace |
Oslo, Norway
ⓘ
linked to:
Oslo
|
| causeOfDeath | leukemia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Norway ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1935-05-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-07-28 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Norwegian
ⓘ
linked to:
Norwegian language
|
| genreOfNotability | popular music history ⓘ |
| hasChild | Axel Jensen Jr. ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Ihlen ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Marianne ⓘ |
| inspiredLyric |
"So long, Marianne" refrain in the song "So Long, Marianne"
ⓘ
lines in "Bird on the Wire" reflecting their time on Hydra ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
Bird on the Wire
ⓘ
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye ⓘ Poems by Leonard Cohen ⓘ So Long, Marianne ⓘ |
| knownFor |
appearing in Leonard Cohen’s letters and correspondence
ⓘ
influence on Leonard Cohen’s early songwriting ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ |
| met | Leonard Cohen on Hydra in the 1960s ⓘ |
| nationality | Norwegian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Leonard Cohen’s muse
ⓘ
relationship with Leonard Cohen ⓘ |
| occupation |
muse
ⓘ
secretary ⓘ |
| partner | Leonard Cohen ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Larkollen, Norway ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Oslo, Norway
ⓘ
linked to:
Oslo
|
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| residence |
Hydra, Greece
ⓘ
Oslo, Norway ⓘ
linked to:
Oslo
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Axel Jensen ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
biographical books about Leonard Cohen’s life on Hydra
ⓘ
documentary film "Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love" ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marianne Ihlen Description of subject: Marianne Ihlen was a Norwegian woman best known as Leonard Cohen’s muse and former lover, immortalized in several of his songs and writings.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.