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

Biography

He was born in

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. 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 The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

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 The National Gallery ( no, Nasjonalgalleriet) is a gallery in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. , the admission cost is 100 Norwegian kroner. History It was establishe ...

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 The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Univer ...

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