Nina Sundbye (born 4 August 1944) is a Norwegian sculptor, born in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

. Her debut was a bust of illustrator Finn Graff from 1967. Among her other works is a bronze statue of Aasta Hansteen placed at

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, and busts of resistance fighter Gregers Gram and comedians

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and Per Aabel, all located in Oslo. Sundbye is represented at the

Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art The Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art () is a museum in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003, it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. History The Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art was established in 1988 ...

with the sculptures ''Operapar'' from 1971 and ''Klovn'' from 1978.

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1944 births Living people Artists from Oslo Norwegian sculptors Norwegian women sculptors {{Norway-sculptor-stub