[1] Hisdal is a graduate of the Bergen National Academy of the Arts (KHiB).
She was hired by Oleana in 1992 after the founders of the company saw her exhibit in Oslo, "Wedding Jackets from a Town Girl", inspired by Norwegian folk costumes.
[2] She also did all the photography and layout for her book Poetry in Stitches, Clothes You Can Knit.
[3][5] In the fall of 2001 the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle, Washington presented an exhibit on the work of Solveig Hisdal and Oleana.
[1] The Goldstein Museum of Design in St. Paul, Minnesota exhibited Hisdal's work in the winter of 2004 in an exhibit titled Art and Artifact: Sweaters by Solveig Hisdal .