Ståle Kyllingstad (7 November 1903 – 26 November 1987) was a Norwegian sculptor and designer. He was born in

Kvinesdal Kvinesdal is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Liknes. Other villages in Kvinesdal include Feda, Fjotland, and Storekvin ...

; the son of farmers Retsius Kyllingstad and Tale Katrine Røinestad. He was married to writer

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. Kyllingstad is known for his

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s, and for his designs for

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. He is represented in the

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with the statuette ''Okse'' from 1956, and a head sculpture of Finn Carling.

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1903 births 1987 deaths People from Kvinesdal Norwegian sculptors Glass artists 20th-century sculptors {{Norway-artist-stub