Borghild Rud
Borghild Rud (20 March 1910 – 25 June 1999) was a Norwegian artist and illustrator. Borghild Eline Rud was born at Ringsaker in Hedmark, Norway. She was the daughter of Mons Nilsen Rud (1873–1927) and Emma Johanne Nergaard (1882–1947) and was a sister of editor Nils Johan Rud. She attended the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry where she trained under Eivind Nielsen from 1925 to 1926 and with Halfdan Strøm and Jean Heiberg from 1926 until 1930. She debuted at the Autumn Exhibition (''Høstutstillingen'') in Oslo during 1926. She was awarded the Benneches legat for 1928–29. She worked for the magazine ''Arbeidermagasinet'' (later renamed ''Magasinet for Alle'') from 1929 to 1970. Her brother edited the magazine from 1932 to 1970. She provided illustrates for books including ''Haugtussa'' by Arne Garborg and ''Growth of the Soil, Markens gröda'' by Knut Hamsun. She is often most well known for her collaborations with Alf Prøysen. She is particularly ...
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Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ...
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