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- Born
- March 25, 1939
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Sources- 1.Stated in KulturNavRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 2.Stated in Norsk kunstnerleksikonRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Artists of the World Online
- 4.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- March 25, 1939
- Died
- September 30, 2024
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Sources- 1.Stated in NRK Nyheter“Peter Opsvik, Tripp trapp-stolens far, er død”nrk.no/mr/peter-opsvik_-tripp-trapp-stolens-far_-er-dod-1.17068004Retrieved 2024-10-02
- 2.Stated in Børsen“Peter Opsvik er død”borsen.dagbladet.no/nyheter/peter-opsvik-er-dod/82022621Retrieved 2024-10-03
- 3.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- September 30, 2024
- Birthplace
- Stranda Municipality
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norsk kunstnerleksikonRetrieved 2026-10-16
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- Stranda Municipality
- Place of death
- Oslo
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- Oslo
- Citizenship
- Norway
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-04
- Norway
- Occupation
- designer
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Fine Art Archive DbRetrieved 2021-04-01
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- , furniture designer
- , jazz musician
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- +2 more
- designer
- Notable work
- Balans Chair
- , HÅG Capisco
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Sources- 1.“HÅG Capisco task chair by Peter Opsvik for Flokk”dezeen.com/2025/12/11/hag-capisco-task-chair-peter-opsvik-flokk-dezeen-showroom/Retrieved 2026-01-09
- , Tripp Trapp
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- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in RKDartistsRetrieved 2017-08-27
- 2.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-04
- male
- Awards
- Jacob Prize(2012)
- Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize(2000)
- Floruit
- 2012
- Copyright status as a creator
- works protected by copyrights applies to jurisdiction: countries with longer than 50 years pma
- Start of work period
- 1966
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- 1966
- End of work period
- 2008
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- 2008
On other databases
37 identifiers linking Peter Opsvik across the web's reference databases
- AbART person ID138037
- Artists of the World ID00322565
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- BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)OpsvikPeter1939-
- DDB person (GND) ID124908578
- DigitaltMuseum ID021036636282
- Discogs artist ID413263
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)qkDnL
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)132103
- FAST ID1935180
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- Geni profile ID6000000007993357615
- GND ID124908578
- Goodreads author ID2920437
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDPeter_Opsvik
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- Invaluable.com person ID2rcf2yumsc
- ISNI0000000078686445
- J9U entity ID987009445087405171
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- Library of Congress Authorities IDn2008077646
- Museum of Modern Art artist ID39113
- MusicBrainz artist IDba7ba90f-5385-465e-adee-dd75650247d3
- Musik-Sammler.de artist ID397915
- Nationalmuseum Sweden ID21729
- NDL Authority ID01184646
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- Norsk biografisk leksikon IDPeter_Opsvik
- Norsk kunstnerleksikon IDPeter_Opsvik
- Norwegian National Museum producer ID57376
- Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID86119
- RKDartists ID129054
- Union List of Artist Names ID500260517
- VIAF cluster ID61023768
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- Yale LUX IDperson/5c1a991e-5f6a-432c-8131-0551f818b54f