Halvdan Ljøsne

Halvdan Ljøsne (31 May 1929 in Vågå, Oppland – 6 February 2006) was a Norwegian painter.

He took his education at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1949 to 1950,[1] the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1950 to 1953 (under Aage Storstein and Jean Heiberg[2]) and the Academie Ranson from 1953 to 1954.

He worked as a lecturer at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1958 to 1967.

He was then a professor at the National Academy of Fine Arts from 1967 to 1983, serving as rector from 1974 to 1977.

[1] He is represented with nine works in the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.