Bernhard Folkestad [SEP] date of birth
Bernhard Folkestad
Bernhard Folkestad (13 June 1879 – 9 March 1933) was a Norwegian naturalist painter and essayist.
Biography.
Bernhard Dorotheus Folkestad was born in London, where his father assisted at the Norwegian Seamen’s Mission in England. 
In 1882, the family moved to Drammen, where Bernhard grew up in the borough of Strømsø. 
After graduating at Drammen Latin School in 1896, he started as an apprentice in decoration discipline in Christiania (now Oslo) before he went to Copenhagen in 1902. Here
National Gallery of Norway. Among his books are "Svingdøren" from 1926, "Sol og morild" from 1929, and "Gullfisken" from 1933.
External links.
- ArtNet: More works by Folkestad.
- "Bernhard Folkestad, author"(BIBSYS Library Database)
- "Bernhard Folkestad" (NRK Sogn og Fjordane fylkesleksikon)