# Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry

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