Bernt Lund

Lund's Fra Ulvik i Hardanger (Scene from Ulvik in Hardanger), oil on canvas, 78 × 125 cm, kept at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design

Bernt Lund (July 14, 1812 – October 30, 1885) was a Norwegian officer, road engineer, painter, and author.[1]

Lund was born in Våler, Hedmark.[1] He was married to the painter Hedevig Lund.[2] Later, he especially became known as the author of a poem about Knut from Trysil (used as an inspiration for the 1942 film Trysil-Knut).[3] His work is also featured in Christian Tønsberg's illustrated volume Norge fremstillet i Tegninger (Norway Presented in Drawings, 1846–1848).[4] He died in Christiania (now Oslo).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Norsk biografisk leksikon: Bernt Lund.
  2. ↑ Norsk kunstnerleksikon: Hedevig Lund.
  3. ↑ Norsk biografisk leksikon: Rasmus Breistein.
  4. ↑ Norsk kunstnerleksikon: Bernt Lund.
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