Hans Finne-Grønn

Who was Hans Finne-Grønn?

Hans Fredrik Leganger Finne-Grønn was a Norwegian painter.

He was born in Kristiania as a son of genealogist Stian Herlofsen Finne-Grønn and Margrethe Borchgrevink. He was a brother of ambassador Jørgen Finne-Grønn and a grandson of Sofie Borchgrevink. In 1931 he married Liv Friis Holler.

He attended Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry, then several academies in Paris, France, then the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1925 to 1928. He made a career as a portrait painter. The most prominent people portrayed by Finne-Grønn include Haakon VII of Norway and President of the Storting Gustav Natvig Pedersen. Several portraits of business leaders are displayed in Oslo Stock Exchange. The work Kveld på Brunlanes is owned by the National Gallery of Norway.

He died in March 2001 and was buried at Ris, Oslo.