Henry Imsland was a Norwegian illustrator.

He was born in Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...

 as a son of Jacob Imsland (1868–1950) and Henriette Knudsen (1871–1941). He married Dorthea Grude (1906–1982). He became deaf at the age of nine, but dedicated himself to drawing. He studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry

The Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry was established in 1818.In 1996 the National Academy of Craft and Art Industry became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts .-Noted alumni:-External links:*...

 from 1916 to 1920, among others with Johan Nordhagen

Johan Nordhagen

Johan Nordhagen was a Norwegian painter and artist.-Childhood:Johan Nordhagen grew up in the cotters place of Nordhagen under the farm of Flisaker. His father was from Grue, and had his relatives in Finland. He worked as a cartwheel-maker. His mother Ahlis was from Veldre...

 as a teacher.

He made his debut exhibit at Statens kunstutstilling

Høstutstillingen

Høstutstillingen or Statens kunstutstilling is an annual art exhibition in Oslo, Norway. The exhibition is Norway's largest marking of contemporary art and takes place each autumn. It is arranged by Norske Billedkunstnere . The exhibition is set up on the basis of free submission...

 in 1919, and got his first newspaper job in Stavanger Aftenblad

Stavanger Aftenblad

Stavanger Aftenblad or simply Aftenbladet is a daily newspaper in Stavanger, Norway. It was founded in 1893 by the priest Lars Oftedal, and was for a long period a publication for the Liberal Party. It had a circulation of 68,186 copies in 2005...

. In the first years he also drew advertisements, and founded and edited the humorous magazine Molboposten in 1924. In 1929 he was given a permanent position as illustrator in Stavanger Aftenblad. He worked here until his death. He also illustrated covers for books by Per Thomsen

Per Thomsen

Per Thomsen was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor.He was born in Bergen.Thomsen was a journalist for Stavanger Aftenblad from 1926 to 1941...

 and Theodor Dahl among others. He also contributed to Tidens Tegn

Tidens Tegn

Tidens Tegn is a former Norwegian newspaper, issued in Oslo from 1910 to 1941.-Editors:The founder and first editor-in-chief of Tidens Tegn was Ola Thommessen, who edited the newspaper until 1917. Thommessen had recently left the editor chair of Verdens Gang in protest, bringing much of Verdens...

, Verdens Gang

Verdens Gang (1868-1923 newspaper)

Verdens Gang is a former Norwegian newspaper, issued in Oslo from 1868 to 1923.It was established as a weekly magazine in 1868, later expanded to three issues a week, and was issued daily from 1885. It was the most widespread political newspaper in Norway for many years, and had considerable...

, Morgenbladet

Morgenbladet

Morgenbladet is a Norwegian weekly newspaper. It was founded in 1819 by the book printer Niels Wulfsberg, and was the country's first daily newspaper. For a long time, it was also the country's biggest newspaper. It was closed down by the German Wehrmacht during World War II...

, Arbeiderbladet, Bergens Tidende

Bergens Tidende

Bergens Tidende is Norway's fourth largest newspaper and largest newspaper outside Oslo, with a circulation of about 87,000 copies . Founded in 1868, it is a Norwegian-language newspaper published daily in Bergen. It reaches approximately 260,000 readers every day , mainly in the counties of...

, Farmand

Farmand

Farmand was a business magazine published in Oslo, Norway from 1891 until it was discontinued in 1989.The founder and first editor was Einar Sundt from 1891 to 1917. Einar Hoffstad later took over, being editor from 1922 to 1926 and from 1933 to 1935. Trygve J. B. Hoff, one of the founding members...

, Den 1ste Mai (both Conservative, Liberal and Social Democratic newspapers). He was awarded the Narvesen Prize

Narvesen Prize

The Narvesen Prize was a Norwegian prize for those who excelled in journalism. It was established in 1954 by the company Narvesen, but the Norwegian Press Association was behind the selection of winners...

 in 1958. As an illustrator winning this prize he was only preceded by Gösta Hammarlund

Gösta Hammarlund

Gösta Hammarlund was a Norwegian illustrator and journalist. He was born in Sweden, the son of ship owner Thomas Fredrik Olsen. He worked in the shipping business and in his father's company until 1937. He started working for the newspaper Dagbladet in 1940, and eventually had his own daily...

 in 1955 and only succeeded by Ellen Auensen

Ellen Auensen

Ellen Auensen is a Norwegian illustrator.She was born in Oslo. She finished her secondary education at Oslo Cathedral School in 1963, and graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in 1968. In the same year she was hired as an illustrator and political cartoonist in...

in 1973. He died in June 1981 in Stavanger.