Early Life, Family and Training Inger Sitter entered the world in Trondheim, Norway, on 18 October 1929. She was the daughter of Ingvar Sitter and Ebba Pelander, and her early years were shaped by a life of movement and shifting horizons. Much of her childhood was spent amidst the rhythms of the sea, as she grew up partly on her father's ships while they sailed through European waters. This nomadic existence was balanced by time spent with her mother in Antwerp, where she attended primary school. These formative years, split between the salt air of the ships and the structured life in Belgiu…