Asbjørg Borgfelt

Asbjørg Borgfelt (31 October 1900 – 5 June 1976) was a Norwegian sculptor.

[1] Borgfeldt first studied art in Kristiania at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole) with Wilhelm Rasmussen (1879–1965).

Then she studied in Copenhagen at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Einar Utzon-Frank (1888-1955).

She made several study trips in Denmark, Germany, France and Italy.

[2] She won 1st prize in several competitions including the fountain Bjørnefontene at Majorstua in Oslo (1924–25), Oksefontenen at Torshov in Oslo (1926), the Christian Krohg monument (together with Per Hurum) in Oslo (1950) and for Årets kull at the Bergen Teacher Training College (which was unveiled in 1977 after the artist's death).

Bronze sculpture of Christian Krohg by Per Hurum and Asbjørg Borgfelt at the triangular square in front of the Parliament of Norway