Hans Normann Dahl (7 October 1937 – 29 January 2019) was a Norwegian illustrator, painter and sculptor. Dahl was educated at the

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from 1952 to 1957 and the Academy of Fine Arts in

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from 1965 to 1966. Dahl made his debut at the Autumn Exhibition at Oslo in 1957. He delivered illustrations the newspaper ''

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'' from 1967 to 1988. He also illustrated a number of books including ''Snekker Andersen og Julenissen'' by

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(Schoenhofsforeign Books. 1971). He is represented at the

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, at

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and at the National Gallery in

. He received the Cappelen Prize in 1981, shared with Vivian Zahl Olsen.

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