Sohlberg, Harald: Winter Night in the Mountains

Step into a deep-blue Nordic winter where silence feels almost sacred. 

Harald Sohlberg’s Winter Night in the Mountains (1914) is one of Norway’s most iconic landscape. Snow-covered peaks, a star-lit sky, and dark winter branches that frame the view like a quiet stage curtain. The mood is pure Scandinavia: still, clean, and powerful. 

Original title (NOR): Vinternatt i Rondane (also known as Winter Night in Rondane). 
This 1914 painting is the final, monumental version of a motif Sohlberg worked on for many years, returning to the Rondane mountains for inspiration. 

If you love Scandinavian design, Nordic nature, and calm interiors, this art poster brings that same winter clarity into your home. It also speaks to people with Norwegian roots (or Scandinavian heritage abroad) who want a strong, quiet connection to the landscape of the North.

Key details

• Artist: Harald Sohlberg (Norwegian / Norway) 
• Title (EN): Winter Night in the Mountains
• Original title (NOR): Vinternatt i Rondane
• Version: Final large oil painting, completed 1914
• Motif: Rondane mountains in a nocturnal winter landscape, framed by bare silhouettes 
• Interior style: Scandinavian design, Nordic minimalism, hygge spaces, nature-led gallery walls

“The mountains in winter leave one speechless, moved, something like being beneath the lofty vaults of a cathedral, only a thousand times stronger.” — Harald Sohlberg (letter, quoted by Nasjonalmuseet) 

At Hygge by Scandinavia, we choose Nordic art posters that feel timeless on the wall—quiet mood, strong craft, and that unmistakable Scandinavian sense of light and space.