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Frøydis Haavardsholm (1 April 1896 – 3 October 1984) was a Norwegian 
visual art
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ist and book illustrator
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.
Biography
She was born atTromsø
Tromsø is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the administrative centre of Troms county. The city is located on the is ...
in Troms
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, Norway. Her parents were Amund Haavardsholm (1860–1948) and Josefine Nielsen (1872–1952).
She was a student of Oluf Wold-Torne at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
The National College of Art and Design () was established in 1818.
In 1996, the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts (''Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo'', KHiO), along with the Norwegian National Academy of ...
in Oslo
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during the period 1913–17. She also trained with Erik Werenskiold
Erik Theodor Werenskiold (11 February 1855 – 23 November 1938) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is especially known for his drawings for the
Asbjørnsen and Moe collection of '' Norske Folkeeventyr'', and his illustrations for ...
, Henrik Sørensen and Axel Revold. She received additional training in Paris by Othon Friesz
Achille-Émile Othon Friesz (6 February 1879 – 10 January 1949), who later called himself Othon Friesz, a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the Fauvist movement.
Biography
Othon Friesz was born in Le Havre, the son of a long line of ...
during 1919-20 and traveled in Tuscany
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Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
and Umbria
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during 1920–22. On her return trip to Norway, she traveled to Sweden to study Swedish art craft.
Haavardsholm placed significant focus on the area of stained glass painting. She created stained glass
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in a number of churches in Norway, including Asker Church, Nordstrand Church, Nikolaikirken in Gran, Holy Cross Church in Bergen
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By May 20 ...
, Østre Aker Church
Østre Aker Church is a parish church at the neighborhood of Ulven in northeastern part of Oslo, Norway. The church building from 1860 in neo-Gothic style has exterior walls of brick, while the interior walls are covered with wood. The master mason ...
and Trinity Church (Oslo).
Her work dating from 1930 also appears at the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Oslo.
She illustrated the poetry cycle ''Jonsoknatt'' by Hans Henrik Holm (published in 1933) and in the years 1918-1926 she illustrated all the liturgical
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books of the Church of Norway
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. She was awarded the Schäffers legat in 1917, Houens legat in 1920, Henrichsens legat in 1927 and Mohrs legat in 1935. In 1953 she received the Norwegian award the King's Medal of Merit
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(''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') in gold.
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