Nora Gulbrandsen

Nora Gulbrandsen (29 November 1894 – 14 February 1978) was a Norwegian porcelain designer and ceramic artist.

[1] She was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway to Aksel Julius Hanssen and Anna Sofie Lund.

[2][3] She was educated at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1923 to 1927.

She was inspired by Art Deco with cubistic forms and unorthodox color choices often contrasting bright to dark.

The Porsgrunn City Museum (Porselensmuseet) maintains a display of selected pieces of her work.