Guided Tour: Ragna Breivik. Åsmund Frægdagjeva and a Life at the Loom

Name: Guided Tour: Ragna Breivik. Åsmund Frægdagjeva and a Life at the Loom
Start: 2025-08-15T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-08-15T15:25:00+02:00
Location: Bryggens Museum

Schedule

Fri Aug 15 2025 at 03:00 pm to 03:25 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Bryggens Museum | Bergen, HO

Get to know the teacher, traditional craftswoman, and artist Ragna Breivik.
Ragna Breivik is often associated with Gerhard Munthe and the tapestry series Åsmund Frægdagjeva. These ten beautiful pictorial tapestries were what truly made her name in national and international textile art, and they bear witness to her knowledge, skill, and perseverance. However, Breivik’s life and work encompassed much more than just medieval ballads.
In this guided tour, you will get to know Ragna Breivik and her work better. We follow her childhood by Fanafjorden, where she learned to card, spin, dye, and weave, her work as a teacher, and her years in the United States, where she developed more than 6,000 colour shades. Special attention is given to Breivik’s continued work as an artist – through ups and downs, and in the tension between ancient Norwegian craft traditions and modern art.
The ticket includes admission to both exhibitions, and you are welcome to explore on your own both before and after the guided tour.
Duration: Approximately 25 minutes.
Language: English