Norway National Gallery. The National Gallery is a gallery in Oslo, Norway.
   Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. In 2017 admission cost 100 Norwegian kroner.
   It was established in 1842 following a parliamentary decision from 1836. Originally located in the Royal Palace, Oslo, it got its own museum building in 1882, designed by Heinrich Ernst and Adolf Schirmer.
   Former names of the museum include Den norske stats sentralmuseum for billedkunst and from 1903 to 1920 Statens Kunstmuseum. Directors include Jens Thiis, Sigurd Willoch, Knut Berg, Tone Skedsmo and Anniken Thue.
   That the gallery had erroneously been labeled as technically unfit for paintings was reported in 2013. had never concluded about the fitness level, and Norway's parliament had been misinformed about conclusions that in reality did not exist. In 2016 the price for admission doubled overnight. The Gallery includes pieces by sculptor Julius Middelthun, painters Johan Christian Claussen Dahl, Erik Werenskiold and Christian Krohg as well as works by Edvard Munch including The Scream and one version of his Madonna. The museum also has old master European paintings by painters such as El Greco, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Gaulli, Orazio Gentileschi, Artemisia Gentileschi, Andrea Locatelli, Pieter Elinga, Ferdinand Bol, Daniel De Blieck, Jacob van der Ulft, Cornelis Bisschop and Jan van G
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