Ute de Lange Nilsen Scharf (August 2, 1931 – March 14, 2024)[1] was a Czech-Norwegian jewelry artist and puppet maker.

[2][3] Ute de Lange Nilsen was born in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia.

[2] She studied in Germany from 1947 to 1950, where she obtained her journeyman certification as a goldsmith, and then at the College of Art and Crafts from 1948 to 1953.

[2] There she worked for one year at the Holthe jewelry factory in Arendal, and then she moved back to Germany to obtain her master-tradesman's certificate in 1956.

She participated in several exhibits, including the traveling exhibit Norwegian Arts and Crafts from Agder (Norske kunsthåndverkere Agder) in 1982, at the Lyngdal Art Society (Lyngdal kunstforening) in 1982, and at the Hillestad Gallery in Tovdal in 1987.