# 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 Blåvarp (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
* 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 Giskeødegård (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