Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum

The Northern Norway Art Museum in Tromsø, Norway

The Northern Norway Art Museum (Norwegian: Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum) is a Norwegian visual arts museum in Northern Norway. It's the country's youngest^[1]^{[non-primary source needed]} and geographically northernmost^{[citation needed]} art museum.

History

It was established circa 1985, opened its doors on March 1988, and moved to its current location in Tromsø in 2001.^[2]

Collections

The museum presents different temporary exhibitions of both contemporary and historical art during the year, in addition to the permanent collection. The permanent collection contains approximately 2,100 works, of which only a small, representative amount is on display. The collection includes artworks from the late 18th century to the present day.^{[citation needed]}

The museum also deposits art from the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, SpareBank 1 Northern Norway Art Foundation, Sparebankstiftelsen DNB NOR, Tromsø Kunstforening and private collections. Key artists include Peder Balke, Adelsteen Normann, Harriet Backer, Anna-Eva Bergman and Olav Christopher Jenssen.^{[citation needed]}

Other locations

The museum has a special responsibility^[vague] for the northern parts of Norway, and tours 2-3 smaller exhibitions in Nordland, Troms, Finnmark and Svalbard. In 2015 the satellite Kunsthall Svalbard opened in Longyearbyen, Svalbard as a dedicated arena for contemporary art.^[3] Queen Sonja of Norway did the official opening,^[4] and the first exhibition was Glacier by Joan Jonas.^[5]