Knut Ljøgodt

Knut Ljøgodt knʉt jøɡɔt (born 1968 in Ullensaker) is a Norwegian art historian.

He has written several publications within these fields and been responsible for exhibitions such as Black Romance – Gothic Horror and Decadence (2009), A. K. Dolven – Ahead (2009), History Depicted (2011/2012), Knud Baade – Moonlight Romantic (2012), David Hockney – The Northern Landscapes (2012), Olav Christopher Jenssen – The Donation (2014) and Peder Balke – Vision and Revolution (2014), in collaboration with The National Gallery of London.

[3] In 2019 he co-curated the exhibition Edward Burne-Jones: The Pre-Raphalites and the North, which was first shown at Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde in Stockholm and then in 2020 at KODE – Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen.

[5] In February 2015 Ljøgodt initiated the establishment of a satellite of The Northern Norway Art Museum under the name of Kunsthall Svalbard in the Spitzbergen town of Longyearbyen.

[7][8] Ljøgodt has also been devoted to promote cultural ties between Scandinavia and Spain, for which he was awarded The Order of Isabella the Catholic, in the rank of Encomienda (commander) with treatment of Ilustríssimo señor,[9]