This is a list of women artists who were born in Norway or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

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Ingvil Aarbakke Ingvil Hareide Aarbakke (July 26, 1970 – November 23, 2005) was a Norwegian artist. With her husband Ion Sorvin, she was the moving force behind the Copenhagen-based collective N55 in 1994. Biography Born in Bergen, Norway to academic par ...

(1970–2005), active in Danish N55 *

Marie Aarestrup Marie Helene Aarestrup (1826–1919) was a Norwegian artist who specialized in genre and portrait painting. A fine example of her work is a portrait of the Swedish singer Kristina Nilsson which she exhibited in 1865 at the Paris Salon. In later lif ...

(1826–1919), portrait painter *

Betzy Akersloot-Berg Betzy Rezora Akersloot-Berg (16 December 1850 – 18 December 1922) was a Norwegian-born seascape and landscape painter who spent most of her career on the Dutch island of Vlieland in Friesland. Biography She was born in the village of Aurskog ...

(1850–1922), painter * Borghild Arnesen (1872–1950), painter and decorative metalworker *

Dina Aschehoug Dina Aschehoug (12 April 1861 – 17 November 1956) was a Norwegian painter. Biography Dina Engel Laurentse Aschehoug was born at Rakkestad in Østfold county, Norway. She was the daughter of Karen Margitte Danielsen (1834- 1904) and Thorkil ...

(1861–1956), painter * Ellen Auensen (born 1944), illustrator *

Marianne Aulie Marianne Aulie (born 23 October 1971, in Lørenskog) is a Norwegian painter and former model. She is a Norwegian contemporary artist, primarily known for painting and performance art. Aulie's large, colorful and expressive paintings explore th ...

(born 1971), artist * Siri Aurdal (born 1937), sculptor

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* Harriet Backer (1845–1932), painter * Liv Blåvarp (born 1956), artisan, jewellery designer *

Guri Berg Guri Berg (born 26 January 1963) is a Norwegian artist and sculptor. The daughter of a maverick banker, Guri was born in Trondheim and grew up in Honningsvåg – a small fishing village on the North Cape of Norway. While her father, Erling ...

(born 1963), sculptor * Anna-Eva Bergman (1909–1987), expressionist painter * Charlotte Block Hellum (1911–2005), ceramist and enameller *

Tulla Blomberg Ranslet Tulla (Bella) Blomberg Ranslet (born 15 May 1928, Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian painter and sculptor. Biography Ranslet (née Blomberg) attended Issac Grünewald school in Stockholm in 1946 and later studied in the Norwegian National Academy of ...

(born 1928), painter and sculptor *

Kari Bøge Kari Bøge (born 19 August 1950) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, short story writer, children's writer and illustrator. She was born in Stockholm, a daughter of Max Harlow Bøge and Ida Detlefsen. She was first married to Rolf Wibe, and later to Aril ...

(born 1950), writer, illustrator * Lisbeth Bodd (1958–2014), performance artist * Asbjørg Borgfelt (1900–1976), sculptor *

Johanna Bugge Berge Johanna Bugge Berge (1874–1961) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and church decorator. In 1894, she was one of ten artists who participated in the Vågåsommeren artists' colony in Vågå, Innlandet County. After marrying Rikard Berge in 1 ...

(1874–1961), painter, illustrator, church decorator *

Elise Brandes Elise Brandes (née Rustad, 1873–1918) was a Danish sculptor who specialized in busts. She was the wife of the Danish politician and writer, Edvard Brandes. Biography Brandes was born on 24 July 1873 in Lysaker, Bærum Municipality, in south-e ...

(1873–1918), sculptor * Cecilie Broch Knudsen (born 1950), rector of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts * Lagertha Broch (1864–1952), illustrator *

Kari Buen Kari Buen (born 23 January 1938 at Kongsberg) is a Norwegian sculptor. Buen belongs to the artist family Buen from Jondalen, and is the daughter of the fiddler Anders A. Buen and the traditional musician Margit Buen. She is the sister of the mu ...

(born 1938), sculptor *

Ragnhild Butenschøn Ragnhild Butenschøn, née Jakhelln (21 September 1912 – 3 September 1992) was a Norwegian sculptor. She was especially known for her church art. Personal life She was born in Oslo, Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, She was a daughter of major Al ...

(1912–1992), sculptor

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Bodil Cappelen Bodil Cappelen (born April 26, 1930) is a Norwegian painter, textile artist, and book illustrator. She has also written children's books. Early life Cappelen was born in Stavanger, the daughter of Johan Munthe Cappelen from Oslo and Edith Heiber ...

(born 1930), painter, textile artist and illustrator * Elen Christensen (1904–1967), sculptor * Tupsy Clement (1871–1959), landscape painter *

Jensine Costello Jensine Costello (born 7 May 1886) was a Norwegian painter of portraits and figure subjects who spent her career in Great Britain. Biography Costello was born and grew up in Norway and, after spending time in the United States, moved to England w ...

(born 1886), painter

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* Lisbet Dæhlin (1922–2012), ceramist *

Cecilie Dahl Cecilie Dahl is an artist currently living and working in New York City and in Oslo, Norway. He was born in Oslo, Norway, in 1960. She grew up in Oslo and Accra, the capital city of Ghana. She has an M.A. in Fine Art from The Art Academy in Oslo ...

(1858–1943), painter *

(born 1960), installation artist *

Damselfrau Magnhild Kennedy (born 1978 in Trondheim, Norway), better known professionally as Damselfrau, is a London-based Norwegian artist. She creates wearable art, mostly masks and jewellery. Her masks are presented on her own Instagram account and on seve ...

or Magnhild Kennedy (born 1978), wearable art specialist *

Annasif Døhlen Annasif Døhlen (23 June 1930 – 5 January 2021) was a Norwegian sculptor. Biography Born in Stavanger on 23 June 1930, Døhlen was a daughter of sculptor Aimée Døhlen and Herman Døhlen. Among her works are portraits of Johan Scharffenber ...

(1930–2021), sculptor *

Brit Dyrnes Brit Dyrnes (born 16 April 1955) is a Norwegian artisan who has worked mainly as a ceramist. After completing her education at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, she ran a workshop in Esslingen am Neckar, Esslingen until 1982. She then ret ...

(born 1965), ceramist

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Fam Ekman Fam Kristina Ekman (born 6 October 1946) is a Swedish－ Norwegian children's writer and illustrator. Early life She was born in Stockholm, Sweden to actors Hasse Ekman and Eva Henning, and moved to Oslo in 1954. Career She made her litera ...

(born 1946), Swedish-Norwegian children's writer, illustrator

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* Yngvild Fagerheim (born 1942), ceramist * Mimi Falsen (1861–1957), painter * Ellinor Flor (born 1946), textile designer *

Mimi Frellsen Mimi (Marie) Frellsen (1830–1914) was a pioneering Norwegian photographer who learnt the art in 1860. From 1865, she ran her own business in Christiania (now Oslo). Many of her portraits have been preserved. Biography Born in Christiania on 4 J ...

(1830–1914), pioneering female photographer *

Kristin Frogner Kristin Frogner (born 25 February 1978) is a Norwegian actress, musician and sculptor. Known for her role in Hotel Cæsar, where she played the role of ''Charlotte Iversen/Anker-Hansen''. Kristin Frogner lived for a while in Firenze, Italia whe ...

(born 1978), actress, sculptor * Åse Frøyshov (born 1943), textile artist * Brit Fuglevaag (born 1939), textile artist

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* Inger Giskeødegård (born 1956), illustrator *

Andrea Gram Grete Ingeborg Johanne Andrea Gram (20 March 1853 – 10 May 1927) was a Norwegian painter. She is best known for her landscapes and portraits. She was born at the family estate ''Ask gods'' in the village of Ask at Norderhov parish in Busker ...

(1853–1927), painter *

Anita Greve Anita Ruth Greve (5 August 1905 – 19 September 1972) was a Norwegian painter. She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of Bredo Greve (1871–1931) and Finnish citizen Esther Hougberg (1878–1939). She was a niece of Ulrikke Greve. She ...

(1905–1972), painter * Ulrikke Greve (1868–1951), textile artist *

Kari Grossmann Kari Grossmann (born 1942) is a Norwegian artist and children's writer. One of Norway's most popular illustrators, she has been called the Queen of Norwegian Everyday Picture Books. Her books in the ''Lillesøster'' (Little Sister) series are popu ...

(born 1942), illustrator, children's writer * Nora Gulbrandsen (1894–1974), porcelain designer, ceramic artist

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Elisabeth Haarr Elisabeth Astrup Haarr (born 1945 in Hamar, Norway) is a Norwegian artist. Haarr is known for her textile works, which often take the form of sculptures or installations. Early life and education Haarr was born on 30 January 1945 in Hamar, Norwa ...

(born 1945), textile artist * Karine Haaland (born 1966), animator, illustrator * Dagny Hald (1936–2001), ceramist, illustrator *

Else Halling Else Halling (3 July 1899 – 14 February 1987) was a Norwegian textile artist. She is known for her reconstructions of old Norwegian tapestry, and taught weaving in Trondheim, Drammen and Oslo. She decorated public institutions such as the Roya ...

(1899–1987), textile artist * Frida Hansen (1855–1931), tapestry maker * Aasta Hansteen (1824–1908), painter, writer, and early feminist * Marie Hauge (1864–1931), painter *

Astri Welhaven Heiberg Astri Welhaven Heiberg (14 December 1881 – 26 May 1967) was a Norwegian painter, best known for her portraits of female nudes and landscapes. Biography Family Welhaven Heiberg was born in Kristiania into a family with close relationships with ...

(1881–1967), painter *

Hanne Heuch Hanne Heuch (born 1 June 1954) is a Norwegian ceramist. She was born in Oslo, and is the great-granddaughter of bishop Johan Christian Heuch. She took her education at the Norwegian National Academy of Crafts and Design (now a part of the Bergen ...

(born 1954), ceramist * Agnes Hiorth (1899–1984), painter *

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 ...

(1866–1949), photographer * Karen Holtsmark (1907–1998), painter *

Lalla Hvalstad Ragnhild (Lalla) Hvalstad (1875–1962) was a Norwegian painter and ceramist. In 1894, she was one of ten artists who participated in the Vågåsommeren artists' colony in Vågå, Innlandet, Innlandet County. After painting portraits, interiors an ...

(1875–1962), painter and ceramist

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Ellen Iden Ellen Nordan Lund Iden (January 24, 1897 – November 12, 1961) was a Norwegian painter known for her landscapes, pictures of flowers, interior paintings, and portraits using finely tuned coloring.Anny B. Fremmerlid''Store norske leksikon'': Elle ...

(1897–1961), painter *

Åshild Irgens Åshild Anita Irgens (born 7 February 1976) is a Norwegian illustrator. She has illustrated several children's books for the publishers Aschehoug, Damm, Samlaget and Gyldendal, among them the novel ''Tonje Glimmerdal'' by Maria Parr, a recipi ...

(born 1976), illustrator

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* Elise Jakhelln (1909–2002), textile designer * Else Marie Jakobsen (1927–2012), designer, textile artist * Gro Jessen (1938–2003), textile artist

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Ragnhild Kaarbø Ragnhild Kaarbø (26 December 1889 – 20 August 1949) was a Norwegian painter. Personal life She was born at Harstad in Troms, Norway. She was one of thirteen children born to Rikard Kaarbø and Anna Elisabeth Lund. Her father was a succes ...

(1889–1949), painter *

Jane Jin Kaisen Jane Jin Kaisen (born May 28, 1980) is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Biography Kaisen was born in Jeju Island, South Korea and adopted to Denmark in 1980. She is Professor of Media Arts at The Royal Danish Academy ...

(born 1980), video artist * Ragnhild Keyser (1889–1943), abstract painter * Kitty Lange Kielland (1843–1914), landscape painter * Anita Killi (born 1968), animator, film director * Grete Prytz Kittelsen (1917–2010), goldsmith, enamel artist and designer *

Sol Kjøk Sol Kjøk is a Norwegian-born, NYC-based visual artist and founder of NOoSPHERE Arts, a nonprofit exhibition and performance venue on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. She lives and works at The Mothership NYC, the arts collective she founded i ...

(fl. from mid-1990s), visual artist *

Annelise Knudtzon Annelise Caroline Knudtzon née Kiær (1914–2006) was a Norwegian textile artist. From 1946, she managed her own studio in Oslo where she and her employees produced brightly coloured hand-woven woolen fabrics, especially upholstery. In collaborati ...

(1914–2006), textile artist * Cecilie Broch Knudsen (born 1950), artist, educator *

Catharine Hermine Kølle Catharine Hermine Kølle (29 February 1788 – 27 August 1859) was a Norwegian adventurer, writer and artist. Biography Catharine Kølle was born at Snarøya in the parish of Bærum in Akershus, Norway. She was one of three daughters of Christian ...

(1788–1859), Norway's first female painter * Anne Krafft (born 1957), painter and photographer * Oda Krohg (1860–1935), painter

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* Dagny Tande Lid (1903–1998), painter and illustrator *

Edvarda Lie Edvarda Klaudine Lie (April 3, 1910 – June 8, 1983) was a Norwegian painter, drawer, and illustrator. Edvarda Lie was born in Meldal and grew up in Vestvågøy. She created illustrations for many newspapers and magazines, including A-magasinet ...

(1910–1963), painter and illustrator *

Margrethe von der Lippe Margrethe von der Lippe (née Lund; 9 July 1913 – 10 March 1999) was a Norwegian ceramist. Personal life She was born in Trondheim, a daughter of plumber Knut Henrik Holtermann Lund and Fredrikke Regine Brun. She married ceramist Jens von de ...

(1913–1999), ceramist * Ann Lislegaard (born 1962), contemporary artist * Anne Lofthus (1932–2003), ceramist *

Marie Løkke Marie Løkke also Marie Loekke, Marie Mathiesen (January 9, 1877 - February 29, 1948) was a Norwegian artist. She is most associated with her impressionist landscapes in oil. Biography Marie Løkke was born in Christiana, now Oslo, Norway. She ...

(1877–1948), impressionist painter *

Ingrid Lønningdal Ingrid Lønningdal (born February 13, 1981 in Bergen) is a Norwegian artist. She was raised in Lier and lives and works in Oslo. Biography Lønningdal holds a master's degree from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. She works within a broad sp ...

(born 1981), contemporary artist *

Ida Lorentzen Ida Margrethe Lorentzen (born December 11, 1951, in New York City ) is an American born, Norwegian artist known for her paintings of interiors of a melancholic nature. Biography Ida Lorentzen was raised and educated in New England and Oslo. She ...

(born 1951), American-born Norwegian painter * Camilla Løw (born 1976), painter

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Ada Madssen Ada Madssen (9 February 1917 – 22 September 2009) was a Norwegian sculptor. She was born in Kristiania. She studied under Wilhelm Rasmussen and Axel Revold at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1938 to 1940. The National Museum ...

(1917–2009), sculptor *

Hilde Mæhlum Hilde Mæhlum, (born 19 March 1945 in Notodden, Norway) is a Norwegian sculptor. She lives and works in Oslo. She is purchased by the National Gallery of Norway, and has had numerous solo exhibitions. Hilde Mæhlum is working with visualization ...

(born 1945), sculptor * Nina Malterud (born 1951), ceramist *

Hilde Marstrander Hilde Marstrander (born 8 December 1969) is a Norwegian artist, illustrator and art critic. Hilde Marstrander has an academic and professional background as a fashion designer in London and Paris. Her journalism career includes positions as a ho ...

(born 1969), illustrator, fashion journalist * Eline McGeorge (born 1970), contemporary artist * Randi Monsen (1910–1997), illustrator * Vilna Jorgen Morpurgo (1900–1975), painter, sculptor *

Lagertha Munthe Lagertha Munthe (16 March 1888 – 25 March 1984) was a Norwegian painter. She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of Olaf Andreas Jens Wilhelm Munthe (1851–1914). She was a grandniece of historian and cartographer Gerhard Munthe, a niece of h ...

(1888–1984), painter *

Lise Myhre Lise Myhre (born 1 November 1975 in Lørenskog) is a Norwegian cartoonist. Her most famous cartoon is '' Nemi''. Biography After a short study of graphical design at the Santa Monica College of Art in California, Lise Myhre started her career a ...

(born 1975), cartoonist *

Pia Myrvold Pia Myrvold (styled as Pia MYrvoLD) is a Norwegian artist and designer specialized in interactive art interfaces. In her work she mixes technology and different artistic media, such as 3D animation, painting, video, fashion and design, in order to ...

(born 1960), artist and designer

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* Ute de Lange Nilsen (born 1931), Czech-Norwegian jewellery artist and puppet maker * Louise Nippierd (born 1962), metal and jewellery artist * Irene Nordli (born 1967), visual artist and sculptor * Asta Nørregaard (1853–1933), painter *

Kaja Norum Kaja Norum (born April 17, 1989) is a Norwegian model and figurativist painter. A former student and protégé of painter Odd Nerdrum, Norum is devoted to Nerdrum's philosophy of Kitsch painting, and is a part of The Kitsch Movement spawned b ...

(born 1989), painter *Kari Nyquist (1918–2011), ceramist

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*Suzanne Øgaard (1918–2003), French-born Norwegian painter *Vivian Zahl Olsen (born 1942), graphic designer, illustrator *Kjerstin Øvrelid (1929–1989), painter

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*Alice Pihl Salvesen (1869–1959), painter *Martine Poppe (born 1988), painter, sculptor *Else Poulsson (1909–2002), painter, textile artist

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(born 1928), painter *Maja Refsum (1897–1986), sculptor *Helga Marie Ring Reusch (1865–1944), painter *Borghild Rud (1910–1999), illustrator *Hannah Ryggen (1894–1970), textile artist *Aase Texmon Rygh (1925–2019), modernist sculptor

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*Bente Sætrang (born 1946), textile artist *Iben Sandemose (born 1950), illustrator, children's writer *Cora Sandel (1880–1974), writer and painter *Iben Sandemose (born 1950), illustrator and writer *Solveig Muren Sanden (1918–2013), illustrator *Inga Sætre (born 1978), illustrator, cartoonist *Signe Scheel (1860–1942), painter *Kjersti Scheen (born 1943), journalist, illustrator and writer *Tone Thiis Schjetne (1928–2015), sculptor *Hanne Sigbjørnsen (born 1989), cartoonist *Inger Sitter (1929–2015), painter, graphic artist *Julie Skarland (born 1960), fashion designer *Ida S. Skjelbakken (born 1979), writer, illustrator *Kari Stai (born 1974), illustrator, graphic designer and children's writer *Agnes Steineger (1863–1965), painter *Tonje Strøm (1937–2010), painter, illustrator *Nina Sundbye (born 1944), sculptor

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*Marie Tannæs (1854–1939), painter *Anne Kristine Thorsby (born 1962), contemporary artist *Ambrosia Tønnesen (1859–1948), sculptor *Kris Torne (1867–1946), painter and textile artist

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*Ingunn Utsi (born 1948), Sami sculptor, painter and illustrator

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*Maria Vigeland (born 1963), painter and sculptor *Ingebrigt Vik (1867–1927), sculptor

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*Inger Waage (1923–1995), ceramist *Charlotte Wankel (1888–1969), cubist painter *Yvonne Wartiainen (born 1976), abstract painter *Sigri Welhaven (1894–1991), artist and sculptor *Birgit Wessel (1911–2000), textile artist

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