Asbjørg Borgfelt

Asbjørg Borgfelt was a Norwegian sculptor.

Personal life

Borgfelt was born on 31 October 1900 in Kristiania, Norway. She was the daughter of Samuel Borgfeldt and Magnhild Telma Sæther. In 1937 she married sculptor Per Hurum.

Career

Borgfeldt first studied art in Kristiania at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry with Wilhelm Rasmussen. Then she studied in Copenhagen at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Einar Utzon-Frank. She was awarded the Henrichsens legat; Mohrs legat, Klaveness' stipend and Oslo bys stipend. She made several study trips in Denmark, Germany, France and Italy.
She won 1st prize in several competitions including the fountain Bjørnefontene at Majorstua in Oslo, Oksefontenen at Torshov in Oslo, the Christian Krohg monument in Oslo and for Årets kull at the Bergen Teacher Training College.
Borgfeldt died in Oslo on 5 June 1976, at the age of 75.