Eivind Stenersen Engelstad

Engelstad was born in Kristiania^[1] as the son of jurist Bjarne Engelstad (1872–1939) and grandson of engineer Jess Julius Engelstad (1822–1896). He was married to Danish born art historian Helen Wright.^{[2] [3]}

Eivind Stenersen Engelstad took the dr.philos. degree in 1934 on the thesis Østnorske ristninger og malinger av den arktiske gruppe. Other publications include the art historic Senmiddelalderens kunst i Norge ca. 1400–1535 (1936) and Kunstindustrien (1950).^[1]

In 1948 he was hired as assistant keeper at the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History. From 1953 he was the Public Director of Museums,^[4] a post abolished when he left in 1960.^[5] From 1960 to 1967 he was the director of the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.^[1]