Fredrik Wildhagen Explained

Fredrik Wildhagen
Birth Date:	August 15, 1939
Occupation:	Art historian
Awards:	Medal of St. Hallvard (1978)

Fredrik Christian Wildhagen (August 15, 1939 – May 9, 1992) was a Norwegian art historian,^{[1] [2]} known for having documented Scandinavian art design.

After studying in Rome and Oslo, Fredrik Wildhagen started working at the National School of Art and Design in 1967. During his term as chancellor from 1975 to 1981, the school became a college, and Wildhagen then became both an associate professor and head of the new Department of Theory and History in 1982. From 1981 to 1986, he was the design critic for the newspaper Arbeiderbladet.^[3]

Selected works

• Tore Brantenberg, Lauritz Opstad, and Fredrik Wildhagen, eds. (1985). Angelo Mangiarotti, sammenhenger. Oslo: Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo.
• Fredrik Wildhagen (1987). "The Guzzini Memorandum: From the Ethic of Projects to the Project of Ethics." Design Issues 5(1): 87–92.
• Fredrik Wildhagen (1988). Norge i form: kunsthåndverk og design under industrikulturen. Oslo: J. M. Stenersen.
• Fredrik Wildhagen (1991). Møbeldesigneren Ingmar Relling i perspektiv. Sykkylven: Sykkylven Næringsutvikling.

Positions

• Member of the Nordic Forum of Design History^[3]
• Founder and chairman of the Norwegian Forum council
• Member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' advisory group for the Norwegian Pavilion at the World Exhibition in Seville in 1992
• Vice president of the National Association of Norwegian Applied Arts
• Board member of the Art Industry Museum
• Member of Italian design juries^[3]
• Consulting editor for the Journal of Design History (Oxford), Design Issues (Chicago), and Scandinavian Journal of Design History^[3]

Awards

• 1978: Medal of St. Hallvard^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Fallan . Kjetil . Scandinavian Design: Alternative Histories . 2013 . Berg Publishers . London.
2. Book: Mussari . Mark . Danish Modern: Between Art and Design . 2016 . Bloomsbury Academic . New York.
3. Woodham . Johathan . Fredrik Wildhagen 1939–92: An Appreciation . Journal of Design History . 1992 . 5 . 4 . 301–302 . September 15, 2023.
4. News: Lauritsen . Janina . Elveforkjemperne får Oslo bys høyeste utmerkelse . September 18, 2023 . Nordre Aker Budstikke . May 14, 2019.
5. News: Kjelstrup . Karl Andreas . Denne gjengen har én ærefull ting til felles . September 18, 2023 . Nordre Aker Budstikke . February 17, 2020.