List of Norwegian women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in Norway or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

A

• Ingvil Aarbakke (1970–2005), active in Danish N55
• Marie Aarestrup (1826–1919), portrait painter
• Betzy Akersloot-Berg (1850–1922), painter
• Borghild Arnesen (1872–1950), painter and decorative metalworker
• Dina Aschehoug (1861–1956), painter
• Ellen Auensen (born 1944), illustrator
• Marianne Aulie (born 1971), artist
• Siri Aurdal (born 1937), sculptor

B

• Harriet Backer (1845–1932), painter
• Liv BlÃ¥varp (born 1956), artisan, jewellery designer
• Guri Berg (born 1963), sculptor
• Anna-Eva Bergman (1909–1987), expressionist painter
• Charlotte Block Hellum (1911–2005), ceramist and enameller
• Tulla Blomberg Ranslet (born 1928), painter and sculptor
• Kari Bøge (born 1950), writer, illustrator
• Lisbeth Bodd (1958–2014), performance artist
• Asbjørg Borgfelt (1900–1976), sculptor
• Ragna Breivik (1891–1965), tapestry artist
• Johanna Bugge Berge (1874–1961), painter, illustrator, church decorator
• Elise Brandes (1873–1918), sculptor
• Cecilie Broch Knudsen (born 1950), rector of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts
• Lagertha Broch (1864–1952), illustrator
• Kari Buen (born 1938), sculptor
• Ragnhild Butenschøn (1912–1992), sculptor

C

• Bodil Cappelen (born 1930), painter, textile artist and illustrator
• Elen Christensen (1904–1967), sculptor
• Tupsy Clement (1871–1959), landscape painter
• Jensine Costello (born 1886), painter

D

• Lisbet Dæhlin (1922–2012), ceramist
• Cecilie Dahl (1858–1943), painter
• Cecilie Dahl (born 1960), installation artist
• Damselfrau or Magnhild Kennedy (born 1978), wearable art specialist
• Annasif Døhlen (1930–2021), sculptor
• Brit Dyrnes (born 1965), ceramist

E

• Fam Ekman (born 1946), Swedish-Norwegian children's writer, illustrator

F

• Yngvild Fagerheim (born 1942), ceramist
• Mimi Falsen (1861–1957), painter
• Ellinor Flor (born 1946), textile designer
• Mimi Frellsen (1830–1914), pioneering female photographer
• Kristin Frogner (born 1978), actress, sculptor
• Åse Frøyshov (born 1943), textile artist
• Brit Fuglevaag (born 1939), textile artist

G

• Inger GiskeødegÃ¥rd (born 1956), illustrator
• Andrea Gram (1853–1927), painter
• Anita Greve (1905–1972), painter
• Ulrikke Greve (1868–1951), textile artist
• Kari Grossmann (born 1942), illustrator, children's writer
• Nora Gulbrandsen (1894–1974), porcelain designer, ceramic artist

H

• Elisabeth Haarr (born 1945), textile artist
• Karine Haaland (born 1966), animator, illustrator
• Dagny Hald (1936–2001), ceramist, illustrator
• Else Halling (1899–1987), textile artist
• Frida Hansen (1855–1931), tapestry maker
• Aasta Hansteen (1824–1908), painter, writer, and early feminist
• Marie Hauge (1864–1931), painter
• Astri Welhaven Heiberg (1881–1967), painter
• Hanne Heuch (born 1954), ceramist
• Agnes Hiorth (1899–1984), painter
• Marie Høeg (1866–1949), photographer
• Karen Holtsmark (1907–1998), painter
• Lalla Hvalstad (1875–1962), painter and ceramist

I

• Ellen Iden (1897–1961), painter
• Åshild Irgens (born 1976), illustrator

J

• Elise Jakhelln (1909–2002), textile designer
• Else Marie Jakobsen (1927–2012), designer, textile artist
• Gro Jessen (1938–2003), textile artist

K

• Ragnhild Kaarbø (1889–1949), painter
• Jane Jin Kaisen (born 1980), video artist
• Ragnhild Keyser (1889–1943), abstract painter
• Kitty Lange Kielland (1843–1914), landscape painter
• Anita Killi (born 1968), animator, film director
• Grete Prytz Kittelsen (1917–2010), goldsmith, enamel artist and designer
• Sol Kjøk (fl. from mid-1990s), visual artist
• Annelise Knudtzon (1914–2006), textile artist
• Cecilie Broch Knudsen (born 1950), artist, educator
• Catharine Hermine Kølle (1788–1859), Norway's first female painter
• Anne Krafft (born 1957), painter and photographer
• Oda Krohg (1860–1935), painter

L

• Dagny Tande Lid (1903–1998), painter and illustrator
• Edvarda Lie (1910–1963), painter and illustrator
• Margrethe von der Lippe (1913–1999), ceramist
• Ann Lislegaard (born 1962), contemporary artist
• Anne Lofthus (1932–2003), ceramist
• Marie Løkke (1877–1948), impressionist painter
• Ingrid Lønningdal (born 1981), contemporary artist
• Ida Lorentzen (born 1951), American-born Norwegian painter
• Camilla Løw (born 1976), painter

M

• Ada Madssen (1917–2009), sculptor
• Hilde Mæhlum (born 1945), sculptor
• Nina Malterud (born 1951), ceramist
• Hilde Marstrander (born 1969), illustrator, fashion journalist
• Eline McGeorge (born 1970), contemporary artist
• Randi Monsen (1910–1997), illustrator
• Vilna Jorgen Morpurgo (1900–1975), painter, sculptor
• Lagertha Munthe (1888–1984), painter
• Lise Myhre (born 1975), cartoonist
• Pia Myrvold (born 1960), artist and designer

N

• Ute de Lange Nilsen (born 1931), Czech-Norwegian jewellery artist and puppet maker
• Louise Nippierd (born 1962), metal and jewellery artist
• Irene Nordli (born 1967), visual artist and sculptor
• Asta Nørregaard (1853–1933), painter
• Kaja Norum (born 1989), painter
• Kari Nyquist (1918–2011), ceramist

O

• Suzanne Øgaard (1918–2003), French-born Norwegian painter
• Vivian Zahl Olsen (born 1942), graphic designer, illustrator
• Kjerstin Øvrelid (1929–1989), painter

P

• Alice Pihl Salvesen (1869–1959), painter
• Martine Poppe (born 1988), painter, sculptor
• Else Poulsson (1909–2002), painter, textile artist

R

• Tulla Blomberg Ranslet (born 1928), painter
• Maja Refsum (1897–1986), sculptor
• Helga Marie Ring Reusch (1865–1944), painter
• Borghild Rud (1910–1999), illustrator
• Hannah Ryggen (1894–1970), textile artist
• Aase Texmon Rygh (1925–2019), modernist sculptor

S

• Bente Sætrang (born 1946), textile artist
• Iben Sandemose (born 1950), illustrator, children's writer
• Cora Sandel (1880–1974), writer and painter
• Iben Sandemose (born 1950), illustrator and writer
• Solveig Muren Sanden (1918–2013), illustrator
• Inga Sætre (born 1978), illustrator, cartoonist
• Signe Scheel (1860–1942), painter
• Kjersti Scheen (born 1943), journalist, illustrator and writer
• Tone Thiis Schjetne (1928–2015), sculptor
• Hanne Sigbjørnsen (born 1989), cartoonist
• Inger Sitter (1929–2015), painter, graphic artist
• Julie Skarland (born 1960), fashion designer
• Ida S. Skjelbakken (born 1979), writer, illustrator
• Kari Stai (born 1974), illustrator, graphic designer and children's writer
• Agnes Steineger (1863–1965), painter
• Tonje Strøm (1937–2010), painter, illustrator
• Nina Sundbye (born 1944), sculptor

T

• Marie Tannæs (1854–1939), painter
• Anne Kristine Thorsby (born 1962), contemporary artist
• Ambrosia Tønnesen (1859–1948), sculptor
• Kris Torne (1867–1946), painter and textile artist

U

• Ingunn Utsi (born 1948), Sami sculptor, painter and illustrator

V

• Maria Vigeland (born 1963), painter and sculptor
• Ingebrigt Vik (1867–1927), sculptor

W

• Inger Waage (1923–1995), ceramist
• Charlotte Wankel (1888–1969), cubist painter
• Yvonne Wartiainen (born 1976), abstract painter
• Sigri Welhaven (1894–1991), artist and sculptor
• Birgit Wessel (1911–2000), textile artist

See also

• List of Scandinavian textile artists