Randi Gaustad (born 29 January 1942) is a Norwegian curator and art historian. She was born in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) 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 ...

and took the mag.art. degree in 1973. She was a

research assistant A research assistant (RA) is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university, a research institute or a privately held organization, for the purpose of assisting in academic or private research. Research assistants are not in ...

at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top univers ...

from 1974 to 1978, subeditor for the encyclopedia ''Norsk kunstnerleksikon'' from 1978 to 1983 and curator at the

Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design The Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design ( no, Kunstindustrimuseet) is a museum in Oslo, Norway. Its collection includes clothing, textile, furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and handicrafts. Since 2003, the museum has been administ ...

since 1983. Important books include ''Gammelt norsk stentøy fra Egersund'' (1980) and ''Samtidskeramikk: Norsk keramikk fra 1940 til i dag'' (1990 with Gunnar Danbolt).

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1942 births Living people Writers from Oslo Norwegian art historians Norwegian encyclopedists Norwegian curators Women encyclopedists Norwegian women non-fiction writers Norwegian women writers Women art historians Norwegian women historians Norwegian women curators {{Norway-historian-stub