Terje Grøstad was a Norwegian painter and illustrator.

He was born in Drammen

Drammen

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 and lived in Flatdal, Telemark

Telemark

is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...

 from the 1950s. He painted altar pieces in churches such as Havøysund, Tana and Brevik. Books illustrated by him (using woodcut

Woodcut

Woodcut—occasionally known as xylography—is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges...

 technique) include Aust or Markom (1968 edition of Sven Moren

Sven Moren

Sven Moren was a Norwegian farmer, poet, story writer, playwright, children's writer, organizer and local politician.-Personal life:...

's book from 1909), Dølen

Dølen

Dølen is a former Norwegian weekly magazine, issued by Aasmund Olavson Vinje from 1858 to 1870. Several of Vinje's literary works were first published in Dølen. The first issue is dated 10 October 1858. It came out weekly, but there were shorter and longer periods when the magazine did not appear....

(1971–1972 reprint of Aasmund O. Vinje's magazine originally issued from 1858 to 1870), Den fjerde nattevakt (1972 edition of Johan Falkberget

Johan Falkberget

Johan Falkberget, born Johan Petter Lillebakken, was a Norwegian author.-Life and career:Johan Falkberget was born on the Falkberget farm in the Rugldal valley in the Norwegian copper mining municipality of Røros.In 1891, he began to write his Christianus Sextus trilogy, though it was not...

's novel) and Vann av klippen (2007, Eyvind Skeie

Eyvind Skeie

Eyvind Skeie is a Norwegian priest and author.Skeie is a trained theologian from the MF Norwegian School of Theology and was ordained in 1974. He was chaplain in Tromsø from 1975 to 1980, then worked for Oslo City Mission from 1980 to 1985, and was chaplain in Oslo Cathedral from 1984 to 1985...

). His work is owned by the National Gallery of Norway

National Gallery of Norway

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 and the National Museum of Fine Arts of Sweden.

He was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in 1996. He died in 2011.