Anne Aaserud (23 July 1942 – 14 February 2017) was a Norwegian art historian and museum director.

Biography

Anne Britt Aaserud studies art history 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 ...

and graduated

mag.art. A magister degree (also magistar, female form: magistra; from la, magister, "teacher") is an academic degree used in various systems of higher education. The magister degree arose in medieval universities in Europe and was originally equal to the ...

in 1993. She 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 establish ...

from 1984 to 1994. From 1994 to 2008 she was director of the Northern Norway Art Museum in

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the ...

. She was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 2008, for her contributions to cultural life in Northern Norway..

Selected works

*''Adelsteen Normann Fra Bodø til Berlin'' (Stamsund: Orkana akademisk. 2013) *''Fra Paris til Svolvær : kunstnere i Lofoten i mellomkrigstigen'' (Tromsø : Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, 2006) with Knut Ljøgodt *''Nordnorske bilder og bildet av Nord-Norge'' (Tromsø : Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum. 2002)

References

1942 births 2017 deaths Norwegian art historians University of Oslo alumni {{Norway-historian-stub