Augusta Charlotte Solberg (1856–1922) was an early Norwegian professional photographer who managed a studio in Bergen from 1885.

Biography

Born in Bergen on 1 August 1856, Solberg was the daughter of the ferryman and police constable Anders Solberg (1819–1883) and midwife Anna Samuelsdatter Lund (1821–1882). After working for a time with L.C.S. Gram, she took over his Bergen studio. She was assisted by her sisters Valborg and Ragna Solberg who were also photographers. She also worked in Hardanger in the 1890s and

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in 1911. Her Bergen studio was destroyed by the fire of 1916. Solberg was one of several women who established early photographic studios in Norway. Others include

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, Louise Abel in Christiania, Louise Wold in Holmestrand, and both Agnes Nyblin and

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in Bergen.

References

External links

Photographs by Augusta Solberg from Digitalt Museum
1856 births 1922 deaths Photographers from Bergen Norwegian women photographers 19th-century Norwegian photographers 19th-century women photographers {{Photographer-stub