Knut Berg (4 August 1925 – 29 November 2007) was a Norwegian art historian and museologist.

Biography

He was born in Oslo, Norway. He was the son of architect and antiquarian

Arno Berg Arno Berg (14 February 1890 – 1 June 1974) was a Swedish born, Norwegian architect and antiquarian. Berg is particularly associated with the preservation of historic building in Oslo. Biography Berg was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was ...

(1890–1974) and Signe Mowinckel Larsen (1887–1966). His father was the first head of the department for cultural heritage in Oslo. He studied at the University of Oslo obtaining a master's degree in art history in 1953. He continued his medieval studies in the United Kingdom, Italy and France. In 1967 he became dr.philos. Berg was assigned with the National Gallery of Norway for thirty years, and served as director of the museum for 22 years, from 1973 to 1995. His works include the 7-volume ''Norges kunsthistorie'' (principal editor and contributor) and ''Norges malerkunst'' (1993), and he was project leader for ''Norsk Kunstnerleksikon'', jointly with Stephan Tschudi-Madsen (1923–2007). Knut Berg was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Commander of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

Selected works

*''Norsk kunstnerleksikon : bildende kunstnere, arkitekter, kunsthåndverkere'' (1982) *''Norsk malerkunst'' (1993)

References

1925 births 2007 deaths Writers from Oslo University of Oslo alumni Norwegian art historians Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour Norwegian curators {{Norway-historian-stub