Asbjørg Borgfelt
Asbjørg Borgfelt was a Norwegian sculptor.Biography
Asbjørg Betty Borgfelt was born in Kristiania, Norway. She was the daughter of Samuel Borgfeldt and Magnhild Telma Sæther. Her father was an architect. Borgfeldt first studied art in Kristiania at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry with Wilhelm Rasmussen. Then she studied in Copenhagen at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Einar Utzon-Frank. She was awarded the Henrichsens legat; Mohrs legat, Klaveness' stipend and Oslo bys stipend. She made several study trips in Denmark, Germany, France and Italy.
She won 1st prize in several competitions including the fountain Bjørnefontene at Majorstua in Oslo, Oksefontenen at Torshov in Oslo, the Christian Krohg monument in Oslo and for Årets kull at the Bergen Teacher Training College.
Among her other public works are the bronze group Mor og barn from 1939–44 at the City Hall Square in Oslo.Personal life
In 1937 she married sculptor Per Hurum.
