Roar Høyland (13 July 1930 – 30 March 2022) was a Norwegian industrial designer. He was 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 ...
. From 1971 to 1981 he was leader of the design department of the organization
Norway Design. He was rector of the
Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
The National College of Art and Design () was established in 1818.
In 1996, the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts (''Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo'', KHiO), along with the Norwegian National Academy of ...
from 1989 to 1986.
Among his books are ''Mellom to stoler'' from 1980, ''Sidespor'' from 1986, and ''Oppsving'' from 1996, all in cooperation with
Dagny and
Finn Hald.
Høyland died in Oslo on 30 March 2022, at the age of 91.
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1930 births
2022 deaths
Artists from Oslo
Norwegian industrial designers
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