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Peter Opsvik

furniture designer
Person human Q7176228

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
March 25, 1939
Date of death
September 30, 2024
Place of birth
Stranda Municipality
Place of death
Oslo
Country of citizenship
Norway[11]
Occupation
designer, furniture designer, jazz musician, saxophonist, printmaker
Award received
Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize, Jacob Prize[15][16]
Notable work
Balans Chair, HÅG Capisco, Tripp Trapp[12][13][14]
Child
Eivind Opsvik[10]
Official website
www.opsvik.no[20]
Work location
Asker[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Norwegian, English[24][25]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[31]
End of work period
2008[27]
Family name
Opsvik[18]
Floruit
2012[23]
Given name
Peter[19]
Has works in the collection
Design Museum Gent, Museum of Modern Art, Vitra Design Museum[28][29][30]
Instrument
saxophone[22]
Start of work period
1966[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Peter Opsvik fa پیتر اوپسویک he פיטר אופסוויק zh P. 奥普斯威克
🔖 Identifiers · 37
ISNI
0000000078686445
VIAF cluster ID
61023768
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2008077646
GND ID
124908578
AbART person ID
138037
Artists of the World ID
00322565
Artnet artist ID
peter-opsvik
BIBSYS ID
1000515
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
OpsvikPeter1939-
DDB person (GND) ID
124908578
DigitaltMuseum ID
021036636282
Discogs artist ID
413263
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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
qkDnL
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
132103
FAST ID
1935180
Freebase ID
/m/0gh91xc
Geni profile ID
6000000007993357615
Goodreads author ID
2920437
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Peter_Opsvik
IdRef ID
086308408
Invaluable.com person ID
2rcf2yumsc
J9U entity ID
987009445087405171
KulturNav-ID
f631d3f2-561a-4771-88df-22cfda14a1c0
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
39113
MusicBrainz artist ID
ba7ba90f-5385-465e-adee-dd75650247d3
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
397915
NDL Authority ID
01184646
NE.se ID
peter-opsvik
Nationalmuseum Sweden ID
21729
Norsk biografisk leksikon ID
Peter_Opsvik
Norsk kunstnerleksikon ID
Peter_Opsvik
Norwegian National Museum producer ID
57376
RKDartists ID
129054
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
86119
Union List of Artist Names ID
500260517
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfrJWxCvJBypCTgyvy68C
Yale LUX ID
person/5c1a991e-5f6a-432c-8131-0551f818b54f

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 3
Museum of Modern Art, Vitra Design Museum, Design Museum Gent
Occupation 3
designer, saxophonist, jazz musician
Award received 1
Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize
Child 1
Eivind Opsvik
Children (paternal) 1
Eivind Opsvik
Country of citizenship 1
Norway
Given name 1
Peter
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
saxophone
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Norwegian
Notable work 1
Tripp Trapp
Place of birth 1
Stranda Municipality
Sex or gender 1
male
← Designed by 1
Tripp Trapp
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Summary

Peter Opsvik was born on March 25, 1939[1], in Stranda Municipality[2]. He died on September 30, 2024[3], in Oslo[4]. He worked as a designer[5], furniture designer[6], jazz musician[7], saxophonist[8], and printmaker[9].

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[32]

  • Country: NO[33]

  • Began / founded: 1939-03-25[34]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2024-09-30[35]

  • Genre(s): jazz[36]

  • Community tags: jazz[37]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ba7ba90f-5385-465e-adee-dd75650247d3[38]

FAQs

Where was Peter Opsvik born?

Peter Opsvik's place of birth was Stranda Municipality[2].

Where did Peter Opsvik die?

Peter Opsvik died in Oslo[4].

What did Peter Opsvik do for work?

Peter Opsvik worked as a designer[5], furniture designer[6], jazz musician[7], saxophonist[8], and printmaker[9].

What awards did Peter Opsvik receive?

Honors received include Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize[15] and Jacob Prize[16].

Related Entities

Museum of Modern Art Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . KulturNav. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . NRK Nyheter. Retrieved . nrk.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [12] ↑ . opsvik.no. opsvik.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [13] ↑ . dezeen.com. Retrieved . dezeen.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [14] ↑ . nrk.no. nrk.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . musik-sammler.de. musik-sammler.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Oslo
    "source for place of birth, place of death, source for date of birth, source for date of death from Store norske leksikon ([[Wikidata:Reque"
  2. 22d ago · Cl3phact0 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Notable work → Balans Chair, HÅG Capisco, Tripp Trapp
    "Changing order of values for P800"
  3. 23d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → designer, furniture designer, jazz musician +2
    Work location → Asker
    "work location, source for place of birth, occupation from Norsk kunstnerleksikon ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot 2|OKA bo"
  4. 10w ago · Wiki6518 · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → furniture designer
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Norwegian, English
    "Created claim: Languages spoken, written or signed: English, Added from LC Name Authority File n2008077646 (LCNAF2WikiExtension, human-reviewed)"
  5. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → qkDnL
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  6. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → Eivind Opsvik
    Official website → http://www.opsvik.no/
    Instance of → human
    Given name → Peter
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32149: import P21 and P106 from GND (33)"
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