Marianne Ihlen nickname(s):
Marianne Jensen, Marianne Stang
Marianne Ihlen date of birth:
May 18, 1935
How old was Marianne Ihlen when died?
81
Where was Marianne Ihlen born?
Larkollen, Norway
When did Marianne Ihlen die?
July 28, 2016
Where did Marianne Ihlen die?
Oslo, Norway
What is Marianne Ihlen nationality?
Norwegian
Marianne Ihlen family:
Axel Jensen Jr (son)
Marianne Ihlen friends:
Jan Christian Mollestad
Short Biography
Marianne Ihlen (18 May 1935 – 28 July 2016) was a Norwegian woman who was the first wife of author Axel Jensen and later the muse and girlfriend of Leonard Cohen for several years in the 1960s. She was the subject of Cohen's 1967 track "So Long Marianne", in which he sang that she "held on to me like I was a crucifix as we went kneeling through the dark".