His 1970 thesis project "Venezia" received the honor "commended to the King" (laudabilis cum litteris commendatitiis), this was only the third time in the history of the school a student received this highest honor.
[1] Finsrud works with various techniques and formats: painting, drawing, graphics and sculpture.
His invention "Perpetuum mobile" received a lot of media attention,[2][3] which was finished in 1996.
He has also constructed his own printing press, which he uses for making graphic printmaking documentary about Finsrud has also been made: Det umuliges kunst (The Art of the Impossible), which was shown on NRK and some international TV-stations.
The documentary describes Finsrud's artistic works, especially focusing on his Invention Perpetuum mobile.