In Norway, professional theatre was long managed by travelling theatre companies from Denmark and Sweden. In 1827, the first public theatre, which was to be the Christiania Theater, was opened in Oslo by the Swedish actor Johan Peter Strömberg. Strömberg had the ambition to create Norwegian actors. However, it became necessary to employ Danish artists, and the first mentioned were Christiane Hansen and Jens Lang Bøcher, both hired in 1827 and described as greatly talented students. In 1828, the theatre was taken over by Jens Lang Bøcher (director 1828-1831), whom she married. During the 1830s, she was described as the leading lady of the stage and popular among both the public and the critics and compared to the famous Mademoiselle Mars in Paris. After the death of Bøcher, she married the singer Berg and left Norway for Denmark with him in July 1837.
