Gjernes is a contemporary

Contemporary art

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 style of fine art

Fine art

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; sculptural

Sculpture

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 and decorative. It is a spreading popular style of art, especially in Scandinavia

Scandinavia

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, since the Norwegian Government's

Norway

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 decision that its wedding gift to the princess

Princess

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 of Norway and her husband to be two pieces of furniture

Furniture

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 work by Liv Mildrid Gjernes

Liv Mildrid Gjernes

Liv Mildrid Gjernes is a Norwegian artist and has given name to the contemporary style of decoration, sculpture, and furniture design known as Gjernes style. She lives and has her atelier in Eidsfoss, in Vestfold in Norway...

 herself.

A vast number of sculptural decoration assignments, for private and public institutions, have been accomplished in this style.

See also

• Märtha Louise, Princess of Norway
• Ari Behn, Husband of Princess Märtha Louise
  Ari Behn
  Ari Mikael Behn is a Norwegian author, and is best known as the husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway. He has written two novels, a collection of short stories and a book about his wedding...
  
  
• Furniture
  Furniture
  Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
  
  
• Fine Arts