Ada Madssen (9 February 1917 – 22 September 2009) was a Norwegian sculptor. She was born in

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. She studied under

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and

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at the

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from 1938 to 1940. The

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owns three of her works, and she is also known for statues of Queen Maud near the

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(erected 1959) and

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(erected 1977). In 2007 she was decorated as a Knight First Class of the

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References

1930 births 2009 deaths Norwegian women sculptors Artists from Oslo Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni 20th-century Norwegian sculptors Order of Saint Olav {{Norway-artist-stub