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

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 [no]).

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
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

Authority control databases

Authority control databases
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