List of characters[edit]
Nora Helmer – wife of Torvald, mother of three, living out the ideal of the 19th century wife, but leaves her family at the end of the play.
Torvald Helmer – Nora's husband, a newly promoted bank manager, suffocates but professes to be enamoured of his wife.
Dr. Rank – Rich family friend, who is secretly in love with Nora. He is terminally ill, and it is implied that his "tuberculosis of the spine" originates from a venereal disease contracted by his father.
Kristine Linde – Nora's old school friend, widowed, seeking employment (named Kristine in the original Norwegian text).
Nils Krogstad – Employee at Torvald's bank, single father, pushed to desperation. A supposed scoundrel, he is revealed to be a long-lost lover of Kristine.
The Children – Ivar, Bobby and Emmy
Anne Marie – Nora's former nanny, now cares for the children.
Helene – The Helmers' maid
The Porter – Delivers a Christmas Tree to the Helmer household at the beginning of the play.