Augusta Charlotte Solberg (1856–1922) was an early Norwegian professional photographer who managed a studio in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

from 1885.

Biography

Born in Bergen on 1 August 1856, Solberg was the daughter of the ferryman and police constable Anders Solberg (1819–1883) and midwife Anna Samuelsdatter Lund (1821–1882). After working for a time with L.C.S. Gram, she took over his Bergen studio. She was assisted by her sisters Valborg and Ragna Solberg who were also photographers. She also worked in

Hardanger Hardanger is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, dominated by the Hardangerfjord and its inner branches of the Sørfjorden and the Eid Fjord. It consists of the municipalities of Ullensvang, Eidfjord, Ulvik and Kvam, and is l ...

in the 1890s and

Odda Odda () is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1913 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county. It was located in southeastern Hordaland c ...

in 1911. Her Bergen studio was destroyed by the fire of 1916. Solberg was one of several women who established early photographic studios in Norway. Others include

Marie Høeg Marie Høeg (15 April 1866 – 22 February 1949) was a Norwegians, Norwegian photographer and Suffragette, suffragist. Høeg's published work was traditional in nature, while her private photography, including images of and created with her p ...

Horten is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the town of Åsgårdstrand an ...

, Louise Abel in Christiania, Louise Wold in Holmestrand, and both

Agnes Nyblin Agnes Nyblin née Janson (25 January 1869 – 20 August 1945) was a Norwegian photographer. She started a photography business in Bergen with her husband but he died in 1894. She ran the business until 1911. Life Agnes Janson was born in 1869 ...

and Hulda Marie Bentzen in

References

External links

Photographs by Augusta Solberg from Digitalt Museum
1856 births 1922 deaths Photographers from Bergen Norwegian women photographers 19th-century Norwegian photographers 19th-century women photographers {{Photographer-stub