{{Short description | Norwegian visual artist}} {{Use dmy dates | date=June 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Finn Hald | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date |1929|7|8|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age |2010|10|17|1929|7|8|df=y}} | death_place = | monuments = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Ceramist, sculptor, illustrator, poet and playwright | years_active = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | television = | spouse = Dagny Hald | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = Jacob Prize (1981) }} '''Finn Hald''' (8 July 1929 – 17 October 2010) was a Norwegian ceramist, sculptor, illustrator, poet and playwright. He was married to Dagny Revold. Among his books are ''Revestreker'' from 1970 and the short story collection ''Fuglesirkuset'' from 1978. He published ''Mellom to stoler'' from 1980, ''Sidespor'' from 1986 and ''Oppsving'' from 1996, all in collaboration with his wife Dagny Hald and designer Roar Høyland.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Finn Hald |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Øystein |last=Øystå |authorlink=Øystein Øystå |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Finn_Hald/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=5 February 2011}}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Finn Hald |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Finn_Hald |language=Norwegian | accessdate=5 February 2011 }}</ref>

He was awarded the Jacob Prize in 1981, jointly with Dagny Hald.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jacob-prisen |first1=Katrine |last1=Kalleklev |first2=Mats |last2=Linder |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Jacob-prisen |language=no |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref>

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