# Lauritz Opstad

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**Jens Lauritz Opstad** (5 May 1917 – 23 May 2003) was a Norwegian museum director and historian.

He was born in [Tune](/source/Tune,_Norway) as a son of wholesaler Jens Lauritzen Opstad (1884–1963) and Laura Kristine Thune (1885–1921). He [finished](/source/Examen_artium) his secondary education in [Sarpsborg](/source/Sarpsborg) in 1937 and at the [University of Oslo](/source/University_of_Oslo) he took the [cand.mag.](/source/Cand.mag.) degree in 1941 and the [cand.philol.](/source/Cand.philol.) degree in history in 1943.[1]

He was a school teacher in [Fredrikstad](/source/Fredrikstad) from 1944 to 1945, then a consultant for half a year at the [Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design](/source/Norwegian_Museum_of_Decorative_Arts_and_Design). He was a curator at [Stavanger Museum](/source/Stavanger_Museum)/[Ledaal](/source/Ledaal) from 1947 to 1948, county curator in [Østfold County Municipality](/source/%C3%98stfold_County_Municipality) from 1948 to 1967 and director of the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design from 1967 to 1987. Important books include *Moss Jernverk* (1950), *Herrebøe Fajance Fabrique* (1959), *Bygdehistorien inntil 1800* (volume two of *Rygge*, 1957) and *Norsk pottemakeri 1600–1900* (1990).[1][2]

He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the [Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav](/source/Royal_Norwegian_Order_of_St._Olav) (1976), Knight of the [Order of the Lion of Finland](/source/Order_of_the_Lion_of_Finland), Commander of the [Order of the Dannebrog](/source/Order_of_the_Dannebrog) and [Order of the Polar Star](/source/Order_of_the_Polar_Star).[1]

In October 1947 he married Marit Elisabeth Olstad. In 1950 they had the son [Jan-Lauritz Opstad](/source/Jan-Lauritz_Opstad), a museum director. Lauritz Opstad died in June 2010 in Oslo.[1]

## References

1. Hopstock, Carsten. ["Lauritz Opstad"](http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Lauritz_Opstad/utdypning) (in Norwegian). *[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)*. [Helle, Knut](/source/Knut_Helle) (ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 December 2010.

1. Henriksen, Petter (ed.) (2007). ["Lauritz Opstad"](http://www.snl.no/Lauritz_Opstad) (in Norwegian). *[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon)*. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 December 2010.

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