Sigri Welhaven
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Sigri Welhaven was a Norwegian sculptor. She was the daughter of Hjalmar Welhaven
, and her first husband was Jean Heiberg
. She lived in Paris from 1919 to 1939. She has made busts of Thorvald Lammers
, Halvdan Koht
, Hauk Aabel
and Sem Sæland
. She made a number of animal sculptures, and is represented in the National Gallery of Norway
with Elefantgruppe from 1965.
Hjalmar Welhaven
Hjalmar Welhaven was a Norwegian architect, palace manager, and sportsman.-Personal life:Welhaven was born in Christiania as the son of writer Johan Sebastian Welhaven and Josephine Angelica Bidoluac. He married painter Margrethe Petersen Backer in 1876...
, and her first husband was Jean Heiberg
Jean Heiberg
Jean Hjalmar Dahl Heiberg was a Norwegian painter, sculptor, designer and art professor.-Personal life:Heiberg was born in Kristiania to Hjalmar Heiberg and Jeanette Sofie Augusta Dahl. Both his father and grandfather were professors of medicine...
. She lived in Paris from 1919 to 1939. She has made busts of Thorvald Lammers
Thorvald Lammers
Thorvald Lammers was a Norwegian baritone singer, conductor, composer and biographer. He made his song début in Oslo in 1873. He founded the choir known as Korforeningen in 1879, and conducted it until 1909. Around 1900, Lammers was regarded as Norway's most important male singer...
, Halvdan Koht
Halvdan Koht
Halvdan Koht was a Norwegian historian and politician representing the Labour Party.As a politician he served as the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1935 to 1941. He was never elected as a member of the Parliament of Norway, but was a member of Bærum municipal council in 1917–1919 and...
, Hauk Aabel
Hauk Aabel
Hauk Erlendssøn Aabel was a popular Norwegian comedian and actor in Norwegian and Swedish silent film.-Career:...
and Sem Sæland
Sem Sæland
Sem Sæland was a Norwegian physicist. He was a physics Professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1910, and at the University of Oslo from 1922. He served as rector of the University of Oslo from 1927 to 1936. Sæland was a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St...
. She made a number of animal sculptures, and is represented in the National Gallery of Norway
National Gallery of Norway
The National Gallery of Norway is a gallery in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.-History:...
with Elefantgruppe from 1965.