Bernt Lund

Bernt Lund (July 14, 1812 – October 30, 1885) was a 19th-century Norwegian landscape artist, author and military officer.^[1]

Lund was born in Våler in Hedmark, Norway. He took military officer exam in 1837 and spent his career in the Norwegian Army advancing to Captain in 1863.^[2] However, he later resigned to dedicate himself to engineering.^[3]

He also trained as an artist. He attended art school with landscape painter Thomas Fearnley (1839-1840). He studied landscape art under the influence of Hans Gude in Düsseldorf (1844-1845). Besides painting, Lund was also active as a writer. He published a book of poetry in 1882. He especially became known as the author the poem Trysil-Knud (1861), which was used as an inspiration for the 1942 Norwegian film Trysil-Knut. His work is also featured in Christian Tønsberg's illustrated volume Norge fremstillet i Tegninger (Norway Presented in Drawings, 1846–1848).^[4][5]

From 1853 to 1878, Lund was employed by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.^[3]

In 1847, he married the painter Hedevig Erichsen. He died in Christiania (now Oslo).^[6]

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  Fjord Landscape with Figures
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  Landscape Study from Simedal (1849)
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  From Ulvik in Hardanger (1851)

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