Vivian Zahl Olsen (born 24 January 1942) is a Norwegian artist, graphic designer and illustrator. Vivian Zahl Olsen was educated at 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 ...

. She has contributed to several television series for the

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...

, including ''Fru Pigalopp'', ''Flode'' and ''Puslespill''. She has also illustrated around seventy books, mostly for children. She was awarded the Jacob Prize (''Jacob-prisen'') in 1980. She received the

Cappelen Prize The Cappelen Prize ( no, Cappelenprisen) is a Norwegian literary award that was established in 1979 by the publishing company J.W. Cappelens Forlag, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the publishing house. It has not been awarded after J.W ...

in 1981. Since 1992, she has been married to Per Haugan.

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Vivian Zahl Olsen (Bokillustrasjon)Fru Pigalopp (NRK)
1942 births Living people People from Asker Norwegian children's book illustrators NRK people {{Norway-artist-stub