Rose painting and woodcarving

The farming culture of the valleys developed rich painting and carving, and the first glassworks were founded.

Rose painting flourished in Norway's valleys from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, with different styles in Telemark, Hallingdal and other districts. Cupboards, chests, bowls and walls were decorated with stylised flowers and scrolls, influenced by the acanthus of the Baroque and Rococo.

The glassworks Nøstetangen, founded in 1741, and Hadeland, founded in 1762, made utility glass and finer glass for the Danish and Norwegian markets. Norway was in union with Denmark until 1814 and then with Sweden until 1905.