List of Norwegian artists

Last updated August 10, 2025

This is a list of Norwegian artists listed by medium.

Painters

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
Nirmal Singh Dhunsi (born 1960), painter
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
Liv Kristine Espenæs (born 1977), painter, singer
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
DOT DOT DOT (artist) (born Oslo, Norway), visual, public and conceptual artist
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
Thorvald Hellesen (1888–1937), painter and designer
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
Vincent Stoltenberg Lerche (1837–1892), painter and illustrator
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
Ingrid Lønningdal (born 1981), contemporary artist
Camilla Løw (born 1976), artist
Charles Lundh (1856–1908), joined the Skagen Painters in 1883 and 1888
Sverre Malling (born 1977), 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 (1955–2014), painter and sculptor, known for his use of a particular shade of blue
Wilhelm Peters (1851–1935), painter, participated in the Modern Breakthrough, one of the Skagen Painters
Frederik Petersen (1759–1825), portrait painter
Vebjørn Sand (born 1966), painter and artist
Christiane Schreiber (1822–1898), portrait painter
Otto Sinding (1842–1909), painter
Ludvig Skramstad (1855–1912), landscape 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
Petar Tale (born 1947), painter
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
Gustav Rudolf Undersaker (1887–1972), painter, impressionist,^[1]^[2]
Erik Werenskiold (1855–1938), painter and illustrator
Oscar Wergeland (1844–1910) historical painter
Herman Willoch (1892–1968), painter of frescoes
Oluf Wold-Torne (1867–1919), painter
Halfdan Egedius (1877–1899), painter

Sculptors

Nils Aas (1933–2004), sculptor and medalist, student of Per Palle Storm
Guri Berg (born 1963), sculptor and artist
Brynjulf Bergslien (1830–1898), sculptor
Kari Buen (born 1938), sculptor
Sæbjørn Buttedahl (1876–1960), sculptor
Kristian Kvakland (1927–2011), sculptor and artist
Carl Nesjar (1920–2015), sculptor, painter and graphic designer
Louise Nippierd (born 1962), body sculptor and metalwork artist
Kjell Erik Killi Olsen (born 1952), painter and sculptor
Stephan Sinding (1846–1922), Norwegian-Danish sculptor
Knut Steen (1924–2011), 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
Øystein Bernhard Mobråten (1940), sculptor

Photographers

Knut Bry (born 1946), photographer and author
Cecilie Dahl (born 1960), photographer and installation artist
Sverre M. Fjelstad (born 1930), nature photographer
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

Textile artists

Synnøve Anker Aurdal (1908–2000), textile artist
Ragna Breivik (1891–1965), tapestry artist
Ulrikke Greve (1868–1951), tapestry artist
Frida Hansen (1855–1931), art nouveau textile artist
Else Marie Jakobsen (1927–2012), textile artist and designer¨
Else Poulsson (1909–2002), painter and textile artist
Hannah Ryggen (1894–1970), Swedish-born Norwegian textile artist

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
Kjersti Synneva Moen (born 1995), cartoonist and illustrator
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 (1940–2015), American architect of Norwegian descent

References

↑ "Gustav Undersaker". 20 February 2017.
↑ "Gustav Rudolf Undersaker | Artnet".

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[1] "Gustav Undersaker". 20 February 2017.

[2] "Gustav Rudolf Undersaker | Artnet".

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