Helen Engelstad

Who is Helen Engelstad?

Helen Engelstad was a Norwegian art historian and educator.

Engelstad was born Helen Wright in Elsinore, Denmark. She married Eivind Stenersen Engelstad, an art historian.

She originally worked as an assistant keeper at Stavanger Museum; from 1946 to 1947 she was the manager of the museum at Ledaal. From 1947 to 1976 she was the rector of the National Arts and Crafts Teacher's College, an entity now a part of the Oslo University College.