List of Norwegian artists
This is a list of Norwegian artists listed by medium.
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Painters
- Vigdis (born in Oslo ), painter
- Peder Aadnes (1739–1792), painter
- Martin Aagaard (1863–1913), painter
- Rolf Aamot (born 1934), painter, film director, photographer and tonal-image composer
- Alf-Jørgen Aas (1915–1981), painter
- Betzy Akersloot-Berg (1850–1922), painter
- Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831–1892), painter, who specialized in painting historical motifs and images from Norse mythology
- Dina Aschehoug (1861–1956), painter
- Nikolai Astrup (1880–1928), painter
- Kjell Aukrust (1920–2002), author, poet, artist
- Marianne Aulie (born 1971), artist
- Harriet Backer (1845–1932), painter
- Peder Balke (1804–1887), landscape painter
- Tupsy Clement (1871–1959), landscape painter
- Hans Dahl (1849–1937), painter of landscapes and genre works
- Johan Christian Dahl (1788–1857), landscape painter
- Andreas Edvard Disen (1845-1923), landscape painter
- Ludvig Eikaas (1920–2010), painter and graphic designer
- Axel Ender (1853-1920), painter and sculptor
- Thorvald Erichsen (1868-1939), painter
- Bjarne Eriksen (1882–1970), painter, brother of Sigurd
- Sigurd Eriksen (1884–1976), painter, brother of Bjarne
- Thomas Fearnley (1802–1842), romanticist landscape painter
- Kai Fjell (1907–1989), painter, printmaker and scenographer
- Johannes Flintoe (1787–1870), painter, known for his depiction of Norwegian landscapes, and scenes from Danish and Scandinavian history
- Paul René Gauguin (1911–1976), painter and graphic designer, grandson of Paul Gauguin
- Rolf Groven (born 1943), painter, known for his satirical art painted in figurative style
- Hans Gude (1825–1903), romanticist painter of landscapes
- Håkon Gullvåg (born 1959), painter of portraits
- Carl von Hanno (1901–1953), painter, especially of seascapes
- Aasta Hansteen (1824–1908), painter, writer, and early feminist
- Karl Erik Harr (born 1940), painter, illustrator, graphic artist and author
- Jean Heiberg (1884–1976), painter and sculptor
- Lars Hertervig (1830–1902), painter
- Kristen Holbø (1869–1953), painter and illustrator
- Thorolf Holmboe (1866–1935), painter, illustrator, and designer
- Håvard Homstvedt (born 1976), painter
- Olaf Isaachsen (1835–1893), painter
- Lars Jorde (1865–1939), painter
- Theodor Kittelsen (1857–1914), painter especially of nature scenes and illustrations of fairy tales and legends
- Konrad Knudsen (1890–1959), painter, journalist, and parliamentarian
- Anne Krafft (born 1957), painter and photographer
- Christian Krohg (1852–1925), naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist
- Oda Krohg (1860–1935), painter
- Olaf Lange (1875–1965), painter and graphic designer
- Dagny Tande Lid (1903–1998), painter and illustrator
- Jonas Lie (1880–1940), painter of the sea, channels, and ships
- Bjørg Lødøen (1931–2009), painter, graphics artist, and composer
- Charles Lundh (1856–1908), joined the Skagen Painters in 1883 and 1888
- Karl E. Odegaard (1879–1958), landscape painter
- Edvard Munch (1863–1944), Symbolist painter, printmaker, and a forerunner of expressionistic art
- Odd Nerdrum (born 1944), figurative painter
- Rolf Nesch (1893–1975), expressionist painter and printmaker
- Kjell Nupen (born 1955), painter and sculptor, known for his use of a particular shade of blue
- Wilhelm Peters, painter, participated in the Modern Breakthrough, one of the Skagen Painters
- Vebjørn Sand (born 1966), painter and artist
- Otto Sinding (1842–1909), painter
- Christian Skredsvig (1854–1924), painter and writer
- Harald Sohlberg (1869–1935), neo-romantic painter especially of mountains of Rondane and the town of Røros
- Halvard Storm (1877–1964), 20th century artist/etcher of Norwegian landscapes, towns, and architecture
- Frits Thaulow (1847–1906), impressionist painter
- Adolph Tidemand (1814–1876), painter
- Bernt Tunold (1877–1946), landscape painter
- Emanuel Vigeland (1875–1948), artist of frescoes, stained glass and sculptures
- Erik Werenskiold (1855–1938), painter and illustrator
- Oscar Wergeland (1844–1910) historical painter
- Herman Willoch (1892–1968), painter of frescoes
Sculptors
- Brynjulf Bergslien (1830–1898), sculptor
- Sæbjørn Buttedahl (1876–1960), sculptor
- Kristian Kvakland (born 1927), sculptor and artist
- Carl Nesjar (born 1920), sculptor, painter and graphic designer
- Kjell Erik Killi Olsen (born 1952), painter and sculptor
- Stephan Sinding (1846–1922), Norwegian-Danish sculptor
- Knut Steen (born 1924), sculptor
- Per Palle Storm (1910–1994), naturalistic sculptor, Nils Aas' teacher
- Per Ung (1933–2013), sculptor and graphic designer
- Gustav Vigeland (1869–1943), sculptor
- Dyre Vaa (1903–1980), painter and sculptor
- Nils Aas (1933–2004), sculptor and medalist, student of Per Palle Storm
- Louise Nippierd (born 1962), body sculptor and metalwork artist
Photographers
- Knut Bry (born 1946), photographer and author
- Sverre M. Fjelstad (born 1930), nature photographer
- Petter Hegre (born 1969), photographer of nudes
- Per Heimly (born 1972), photographer and editor
- Morten Krogvold (born 1950), portrait photographer
- Anders Beer Wilse (1865–1949), photographer
- Ann Lislegaard (born 1962), installations, animations, moving image, sound, light
Cartoonists
- Kaare Bratung (1906–1985), comic strip creator
- Mads Eriksen (born 1977), cartoonist for the comic strips M and Gnom
- Karine Haaland (born 1966), comic strip creator, animator and illustrator, of the comic strip Piray
- Jason (born 1965), cartoonist of anthropomorphic animal characters
- Lise Myhre (born 1975), cartoonist of Nemi
- Christopher Nielsen (born 1963), comics artist especially of subcultural depictions
- Knut Nærum (born 1961), comedian, author, comics writer and TV-entertainer
- Frode Øverli (born 1968), comic strip cartoonist
Architects
- Jon Jerde (born 1940), American architect from Norwegian descent