Jakob Weidemann

Weidemann's work Storfuglen letter (1959) was selected as one of the twelve most important Norwegian artworks by Morgenbladet.

Weidemann joined the Norwegian resistance movement during the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, was arrested but escaped to Sweden in 1944.

During his lifetime, Weidemann's works were twice shown at Bergen International Festival and was featured at the Venice Biennale in 1967.

The National Museum of Art (Nasjonalmusset) in Oslo owns over thirty of his paintings including Brytningstid (1968), Epleblomst (1973), Blomster i sne (1973) and Inntrykk fra naturen(1982).

[7] Henie Onstad Art Center (Henie Onstad Kunstsenter) at Høvikodden in Bærum, Norway owns several important works by Weidemann, among others The Capercaillie flyr av and the monumental works of the 1960s, Veien til Jerusalem, The Crown of Thorns, Tåke" i Gethsemane and Hommage à El Greco.

[8] The Stenersen Museum (Stenersenmuseet) in Oslo owns several early and important works by Weidemann, such as Studio Interior, Insane, Flag-raising/Liberation, Partisan, The Seaman's Widow, The Steelworker, Petrushka, and Steinskulpturen.

Weidemann was also commissioned for a number of permanent installations, such as the stained glass in Steinkjer Church (1965), Mai inside the concert hall at Maihaugen in Lillehammer Municipality (1967), Alf Bjerckes Fabrikker in Alnabru (1960); Norsk Hydro headquarters building in Oslo (1960–1961), Alfaset Chapel in Oslo (1971) and the M/S Royal Viking Sea (1973).

In 1999, Anne and Jakob Weidemann founded a foundation (Stiftelsen Ringsveen) to provide young artists annual scholarships.