Maihaugen’s Christmas tree
Every year an artist or designer makes specially designed decorations for Maihaugen's Christmas tree.
The artist is free to create his or her own expression. It is always exciting to see the result when the Christmas tree is lit.
The first person to design his own decorations for Maihaugen’s Christmas tree was Per Spook in 2008, who decorated the tree with glass ornaments.
Since then, the tree has been filled with different art and designs from several of Norway's foremost artists and designers.
The tree is lit in the Visitor Center at Maihaugen the last Friday before advent. The lighting of the tree is an event in itself every year.
Artists and designers of Maihaugen's Christmas tree
- 2008: Per Spook. Glass ornaments.
- 2009: Pia Myrvold. Miniature plexiglass squlptures inspired by the northern lights.
- 2010: Arne & Carlos. Knitted Christmas baubles.
- 2011: Karen Bit Vejle. Paper cuttings.
- 2012: Gunnar Torvund. Houses in different materials.
- 2013: Hanne Borchgrevink and Tore Hansen. Different woodcut/veneer figures.
- 2014: Ingjerd Hanevold. Metal flowers made from recovered materials.
- 2015: Kari Mølstad. Hand blown glass decorations.
- 2016: Anderssen & Voll. 3d-printed plastic ornaments.
- 2017: The design- and architecture company Snøhetta. Glass tubes filled with different materials.
- 2018: Kjell Erik Killi-Olsen. A dead pine tree decorated with red-pink figures in papier-mâché and wood pulp.
- 2019: Julie Skarland. Angeline textile figures and paper stars.
- 2020: Sigurd Bronger. Christmas trees of colored acrylic and pine cones.
- 2021: Ulla-Mari Brantenberg. Icicles, drops and leaves of glass and gold.
- 2022: Anna Talbot. Colorful figures made of anodized aluminum and wood.
- 2023: Sofia Vusir Jansson. Unique paper flowers.
Maihaugen's Christmas tree 2023 decorated by artist Sofia Vusir Jansson. Photo: Tone Iren Eggen Tømte / Maihaugen
Maihaugens Christmas tree 2022 decorated by jewelry artist Anna Talbot. Photo: Camilla Damgård / Maihaugen
Maihaugens Christmas tree 2021 decorated by glass artist Ulla-Mari Brantenberg. Photo: Camilla Damgård / Maihaugen
Maihaugens Christmas tree 2020 decorated by jewelry artist Sigurd Bronger. Photo: Camilla Damgård / Maihaugen
Maihaugen's Christmas tree 2019 decorated by Julie Skarland. Photo: Camilla Damgård / Maihaugen
Maihaugen's Christmas tree in 2018 created by Kjell Erik Killi-Olsen. Photo: Camilla Damgård / Maihaugen
Maihaugen's Christmas tree in 2018 created by Snøhetta. Kjetil Trædahl Thorsen and Jorunn Sannes. Photo: Camilla Damgård / Maihaugen
Maihaugen's Christmas tree in 2016 decorated by Andersen & Voll. Photo: Camilla Damgård / Maihaugen
Maihaugen's Christmas tree in 2015 decorated by Kari Mølstad. Photo: Audbjørn Rønning/Maihaugen.
Maihaugens Christmas tree 2014, decorated by Ingjerd Hanevold. Photo: Audbjørn Rønning / Maihaugen
Maihaugen's Christmas tree 2013, decorated by Hanne Borchgrevink and Tore Hansen. Photo: Audbjørn Rønning / Maihaugen
Maihaugen's Christmas tree 2012, decorated by Gunnar Torvund. Photo: Camilla Damgård / Maihaugen
Maihaugens Christmas tree 2014, decorated by Ingjerd Hanevold. Photo: Audbjørn Rønning / Maihaugen
Maihaugen's Christmas tree 2010, decorated by Arne and Carlos. Photo: Camilla Damgård / Maihaugen
Maihaugen's Christmas tree 2009, decorated by Pia Myrvold. Photo: Kåre Dehlie Thorstad / Maihaugen
Maihaugen's Christmas tree 2008, decorated by Peer Spook. Photo: Kåre Dehli Thorstad / Maihaugen