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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Norwegian sculptor
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
1 January 1897(Christiania)
Death:
1 January 1986(Oslo)
Family:
Spouse(s):
Arne Nygård-Nilssen
Children:
Kirsti Hopstock
The details
Biography
Maja Refsum (23 September 1897 – 11 January 1986) was a Norwegian sculptor and teacher. Daughter of Harald Refsum (1866-1950) and Hanna Ovidia Yssen (1863-1944). Among her most important works is her sculpture of writer Amalie Skram. She is represented in the National Gallery of Norway with the terracotta sculpture Bruden pyntes. She was married to art historian and head of Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage Arne Nygård-Nilssen. Their daughter Kirsti (1935-) married Carsten Hopstock.