Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry

The Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (Norwegian: Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818.

In 1996 the National Academy of Craft and Art Industry became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts (Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, KHiO).

Noted alumni

Visual artists Thomas Fearnley (1802–1842), painter Peder Balke (1804–87), painter Jorgen Dreyer (1877–1948), sculptor Hans Hansen (1820–1858), sculptor Johan Fredrik Eckersberg (1822–1870), painter Hans Fredrik Gude (1825–1903), painter Lars Hertervig (1830–1902), painter Jacob Wilhelm Nordan 1824–1892, architect Gerhard Munthe (1849–1929), painter and draftsman Betzy Akersloot-Berg (1850-1922), seascape painter Eilif Peterssen (born 1852), painter and draftsman Christian Krohg (1852–1925), painter and writer Ivar Throndsen (1853–1932), engraver Erik Werenskiold (1855–1938), painter and draftsman Hans Heyerdahl (1857-1913), painter Gustav Wentzel (1859–1927), painter Lars Jonson Haukaness (1863–1929), painter Edvard Munch (1863–1944), painter and graphic artist Emil Biorn (1864–1935), Norwegian-American sculptor and painter Thorolf Holmboe (1866–1935), painter, illustrator and designer Yngvar Sonnichsen (1873–1938), Norwegian American artist Ludvig Karsten (1876–1926), painter Halfdan Egedius (1877–1899), painter Enevold Thømt (1878–1958), painter Wilhelm Rasmussen (1879–1965), sculptor Torleif S. Knaphus (1881–1965), sculptor Henrik Sørensen (1882–1962), painter Axel Revold (1887–1962), painter Anne Grimdalen (1899–1961), sculptor Erling Enger (1899–1990), painter Dyre Vaa (1903–1980), sculptor Olav Halse (1903–1981), painter Kaare Bratung (1906–1985), cartoonist Chrix Dahl (1906–1994), graphic artist and draftsman Kaare Espolin Johnson (1907–1994), visual artist and illustrator Kai Fjell (1907–1989), painter, graphic artist and scenographer Ferdinand Finne (1910–1999), graphic artist and writer Borghild Rud (1910–1999), draftsman Olav Mosebekk, (1910–2001), draftsman and painter Bendik Riis (1911–1988), draftsman and painter Jørleif Uthaug (1911–1990), artist and sculptor, created Amphitrite Gunnvor Advocaat (1912–1997), painter Knut Monrad (1913–1987), painter Guy Krohg (1917–1998), painter Ørnulf Ranheimsæter (born 1919), draftsman and graphic artist Victor Sparre (born 1919), painter and glass designer Ludvig Eikaas (born 1920), painter and graphic artist Carl Nesjar (born 1920), visual artist Omar Andréen (1922–), draftsman and graphic artist Else Marie Jakobsen (born 1922), designer and textile artist Kåre Tveter (born 1922), painter Ivar Jerven (1924–1994), graphic artist Liv Nergaard (born 1924), painter and sculptor Finn Henrik Bodvin (1928–2002), sculptor Fritz Røed (1928–2002), sculptor Haakon Bleken (1929–), painter Kjerstin Øvrelid (1929–1989), painter Bodil Cappelen (born 1930), painter Bjørg Lødøen (1931–2009), painter, visual artist Iver Jåks (1932–), Sami artist Kjartan Slettemark (1932–), visual artist Per Ung (born 1933), sculptor and graphic artist Rolf Aamot (born 1934), painter, visual artist, film director Dagny Hald (1936–2001), ceramist sculptor Hans Normann Dahl, (1937–), painter, draftsman, graphic artist Bjørn Ransve (born 1944), painter

Designers, illustrators, architects, and others Christian H. Grosch (1801–1865), architect Herman Backer (1856–1932), architect Henry Bucher (1864–1944), architect Olaf Gulbransson (1873–1958), draftsman and illustrator Arthur David-Andersen (1875–1970), goldsmith Einar Oscar Schou (1877–1966), architect Arnstein Arneberg (1882–1961), architect Andreas Bjercke (1883–1967), architect Gerhard Fischer (1890–1977), architect, and archaeologist Hallvard Trætteberg (1898–1987), heraldry Sigrun Berg (1901–1982), weaver and textile designer Knut Knutsen (1903–1969), architect Thorbjørn Egner (1912–1990), writer, songwriter, and draftsman Fredrik Henrik Stabel (1914–2001), draftsman, newspaper illustrator, writer Ulf Aas (1918–), illustrator Salo Grenning (Pedro) (1918–1986), draftsman, newspaper illustrator Kjell Aukrust (1920–2002), writer and illustrator Odd Børretzen (1926–), writer Unni-Lise Jonsmoen (1936–), illustrator and writer Arild Nyquist (1937–2004), writer Finn Graff (1938–), draftsman, newspaper illustrator Per Spook (1939–), fashion designer Vivian Zahl Olsen (1942–), illustrator Kjersti Scheen (1943–), writer and illustrator Inge Grødum (1943–), draftsman, newspaper illustrator Torill Thorstad Hauger (born 1943), writer and visual artist Kjersti Scheen (born 1943), writer and illustrator Ellen Auensen (1944–), draftsman Fam Ekman (born 1946), visual artist, illustrator, writer Reidar Finsrud (born 1946), artist Akin Düzakin (born 1961), illustrator Svein and Egil Nyhus (1962–), illustrators Christopher Nielsen (1963–), comic artist John Arne Sæterøy (Jason) (1965–), comic artist Siri Dokken (1966–), illustrator The school (now a museum) in 2012.

External links

• Oslo National Academy of the Arts