Bodil Cappelen (born April 26, 1930) is a Norwegian painter, textile artist, and book illustrator.
Her father was a judge and was known for his dissenting opinion in the acquittal of Police Chief Knut Rød after the Second World War.
After her last solo exhibition at the Artists' House gallery in 1981, Cappelen decided to illustrate children's books.
[1] She also illustrated the book Norske barnerim og regler (Norwegian Children's Rhymes and Songs; Aschehoug 1984).
[1][6] Bodil Cappelen cites Eugène Delacroix's saying as her own motto: “The first merit of a painting is to be a feast for the eye.”[1] Cappelen is a member of the Norwegian Visual Artists Association (Norske billedkunstnere, NBK) and the Association of Norwegian Painters (Landsforeningen Norske Malere, KNM).