Knud Bergslien

He belonged to the Düsseldorf school of painting and was closely associated with follow artists Hans Fredrik Gude and Adolph Tidemand.

Norwegian artist Johan Fredrik Eckersberg had established an art school on Lille Grensen in Christiania (now Oslo) in 1859.

[3] Some of his students emigrated to America including the Norwegian-American artists, Lars Jonson Haukaness, Carl L. Boeckmann and Herbjørn Gausta.

His depiction of Birkebeiner skiers carrying Prince Haakon to safety during the winter of 1206 has become a national Norwegian icon.

The prince grew up to be King Haakon IV whose reign marked the end of the period known as the Civil war era in Norway.

Portrait of Knud Bergslien by Johanne Mathilde Dietrichson , 1854
Skiing Birchlegs Crossing the Mountain with the Royal Child. Painting located at the Holmenkollen Ski Museum , Oslo, Norway.
Bergslien at his art academy. Drawn by Andreas Bloch
Monument in Voss to Knud Bergslien, his brother Brynjulf and his nephew Nils