Sigrun Karoline Matina Berg (18 May 1901 – 18 May 1982) was a Norwegian

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and

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Biography

Berg was born in

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(now Oslo), Norway. She was a daughter of judge

Paal Berg Paal Olav Berg (18 January 1873 – 24 May 1968), born in Hammerfest, was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Social Affairs 1919–1920, and Minister of Justice 1924–1926. He was the 12th Chief Justice of the ...

and Caroline Debes, and was the mother of botanist

Per Wendelbo Per Wendelbo. Per Wendelbo (5 September 1866 – 26 February 1937) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born as Peder Haraldsen in Skien as a son of Peder Haraldsen, Sr. (1813–1887) og Caroline Mathilde Pedersen (1828–1907). In May 1890 ...

. She was educated from the

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry The National College of Art and Design ( no, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818. In 1996 the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts The Oslo National Academy of the A ...

(''Statens kunstakademi'') from 1918-19. She continued her studies at

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(''Statens Kunstakademi'') under Axel Revold from 1934-35. She debuted at the Autumn Exhibition (''Høstutstillingen'') at Oslo in 1936. She worked as designer for the brand De Forenede Ullvarefabrikker (The United Wool Ware Factories) from 1957 to 1965. Together with the textile artist

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and the painter Ludvig Eikaas, she won the competition for textile decoration of

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in 1958. Among her other works are decorations for

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, the city halls of Asker and

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, and the

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HNoMY ''Norge''.

References

1901 births 1982 deaths Artists from Oslo Norwegian textile designers Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni {{norway-bio-stub