Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry

The National College of Art and Design (Norwegian: Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818.

Oslo National Academy of the Arts at Grünerløkka

In 1996, the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts (Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, KHiO), along with the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts, Norwegian National Academy of Opera, the Norwegian National Academy of Ballet, and the National Academy of Theatre (Statens teaterhøgskole).

Noted alumni

The school (now a museum) in 2012

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
• Nikolai Austrup (1880-1928), painter and graphic artist
• 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

External links

• Oslo National Academy of the Arts