Utne trained with woodcarver and sculptor , and further studied in Paris and Copenhagen. He was associated with the workshop of
Otto Lessing in Berlin, and contributed to decorations of public buildings, including the
Reichstag building in Berlin, the
Berlin Castle, and the
Reichsgericht in Leipzig. From 1896 he settled in Oslo. In Oslo he made decorations for
Nationaltheatret, the
Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, the
Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, the Ministry of Justice building, and the headquarter of
Bank of Norway. He also designed a relief for the monument to
Harald Hardrada in
Gamlebyen. He lectured at the
Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1903 until his death. He is represented at the
National Museum of Norway, which has the bronze sculpture
Gutten med beltet. Other works include a statue of
Fridtjof Nansen, busts of
Henrik Bull and of Wilhelm Krohg, a relief of
Wilhelm II, a bust of
Marcus Thrane, and a statue of Johan Hirsch. Utne died in
Asker on 8 August 1922. He is buried at
Vestre Gravlund. His grave is decorated with a relief of Utne made by Torbjørn Aksåker. ==References==