Sokna is a small village located between Hønefoss and Krøderen in the municipality of Ringerike, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. Its population is 543.
Nesodden is a municipality in Akershus in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Greater Oslo Region and many residents of the peninsula Nesodden commute to work in Oslo.
is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hallingdal. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Gol which is also the population center. Gol was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. The area of Hemsedal was separated from Gol in 1897 to become a separate municipality. The municipality of Gol is bordered to the north by the municipality of Nord-Aurdal, to the east by Sør-Aurdal, to the south by Nes, and to the west by Ål and Hemsedal.
Lagertha Munthe was a Norwegian painter.
Henrik Sørensen was a Norwegian painter.
Nerskogen Chapel is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rennebu municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the rural mountain village of Nerskogen. It is one of the churches for the Rennebu parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1962 using plans drawn up by the architect John Egil Tverdahl. The church seats about 110 people and it has about 13 services per year. It was consecrated on 2 September 1962 by Bishop Tord Godal.
Elvran Chapel is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stjørdal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Elvran. It is one of the churches for the Lånke parish which is part of the Stjørdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1893 using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Falck Ebbell. The church seats about 150 people.
Harald Kihle was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is particularly known for his pictures with motifs from Telemark.
Sven Oluf Sørensen was a Norwegian physicist. He was born in Paris, as a son of painter Henrik Sørensen and Gudrun Cleve. Sørensen was appointed professor in nuclear physics at the University of Oslo. He has participated in several international research groups, in particular associated to CERN in Genéve. Also he established Holmsbu billedgalleri and Vinje Biletgalleri in honour of his father, Henrik Sørensen.
Thorvald Erichsen was a Norwegian Post-Impressionist painter; known primarily for landscapes and still-lifes.
Oluf Wold-Torne was a Norwegian painter, illustrator, educator and designer. He was known primarily for landscapes and still-lifes and was influenced by Cézanne.
Frøydis Haavardsholm was a Norwegian visual artist and book illustrator.
Anna Schønheyder was a Norwegian painter and textile artist.
Sollihøgda Chapel is "long church" dating from 1911 in Sollihøgda in the municipality of Hole in Buskerud county, Norway. The church is part of the Church of Norway and it belongs to the deanery of Ringerike in the Diocese of Tunsberg.
Kristine (Kris) Torne née Laache (1867–1946) was a Norwegian painter and textile artist. In 1894, she was one of ten artists who participated in the Vågåsommeren artists' colony in Vågå, Innlandet County. After painting landscapes and portraits, one of which won a prize at the 1900 Paris Exposition, in 1906 she began creating embroidered works and rugs based on cartoons by her husband Oluf Wold-Torne.
Alice Dagny Pihl Salvesen (1869–1959) was a Norwegian painter. In 1894, she was one of ten artists who participated in the Vågåsommeren artists' colony in Vågå, Innlandet County. She was principally a portrait painter but also created mood paintings, landscapes and interiors.
Johanna Bugge Berge (1874–1961) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and church decorator. In 1894, she was one of ten artists who participated in the Vågåsommeren artists' colony in Vågå, Innlandet County. After marrying Rikard Berge in 1908, she illustrated several of his books with subjects from Norwegian folklore. In 1927, she performed extensive decoration work in Lunde Church in Nome, Telemark.
Ragnhild (Lalla) Hvalstad (1875–1962) was a Norwegian painter and ceramist. In 1894, she was one of ten artists who participated in the Vågåsommeren artists' colony in Vågå, Innlandet County. After painting portraits, interiors and landscapes, in 1922 she changed her focus to ceramics, studying in Faenza, Italy. On returning to Norway, she opened her own workshop in Bestum where together with Lili Scheel she created a wide variety of pottery, frequently decorated with flowers and fruits.
Vågåsommeren or the Vågå Summer was a Norwegian artists' collective which came together in Vågå, Innlandet County, in 1894. It consisted of ten painters, all of whom had spent the previous year studying art at Harriet Backer's school in Kristiania. They were looking for a more relaxed approach to painting than the strict, clear-cut Realism of the times.
Harald Alfred Hauge (1876–1901) was a Norwegian painter who is remembered for his symbolist works. In 1894, he was one of ten artists who spent the summer months together in the collective known as Vågåsommeren. During his short life he travelled to Denmark, Belgium, France and Spain. Works by Hauge are in the collection of the National Museum of Norway.
