Alf Bøe (8 September 1927 – 8 June 2010) was a Norwegian art historian, educator, curator and author.
He earned a Bachelor of Letters degree on the basis of his thesis From Gothic Revival to Functional Form: A Study in Victorian Theories of Design .
He was president of the Association of Applied Arts (Foreningen Brukskunst) and the Scandinavian Museums Association (Skandinavisk Museumsforbund), He was chairman of the Norwegian Art and Cultural History Museum (Norske kunst- og kulturhistoriske museer), the Society for the Welfare of Oslo (Selskabet for Oslo Byes Vel) and the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole).
[4][5][6] Bøe wrote books on a variety of art history related topics.
Other books include Om filigran (1959 with Thale Riisøen), Norwegian Industrial Design (1963), Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik (1967), Den norske designpris (1969), Samliv med fortiden (1976) and Edvard Munch (1992).