Benny Motzfeldt

Benny Anette Motzfeldt (née Berg Nilssen; 26 June 1909 – 24 November 1995) was a Norwegian visual artist and glass designer and sculptor.

[1] Benny Anette Berg Motzfeldt was born at Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway.

She was a daughter of physician Andreas Berg Nilssen (1876–1952) and Benny Marie Dahl (1878–1955).

She was educated at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole) (1931-35) and debuted at the Autumn Exhibition (Høstutstillingen) in Oslo (1936).

Later she was an artistic director at Randsfjord Glassworks (1967-70) and then at Glasshytta at PLUS in Fredrikstad Municipality, which she led in the period 1970–79.