Education
She graduated from Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (SHKS), Oslo in 1951 and studied at a gobelinworkshop in the Netherlands - "De Knipscheer" in 1950.
She graduated from Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (SHKS), Oslo in 1951 and studied at a gobelinworkshop in the Netherlands - "De Knipscheer" in 1950.
She was a period from 1951 designer in the textile industries in Kristiansand. At the same time she began to make tapestries. Her debut exhibition was held at Kunstnerforbundet (the Artists" Association) in Oslo in 1966.
She is still active as an artist.
In addition, she has been and is active as a speaker across Norway and in other countries too. Else Marie Jakobsen is particularly known for her work on altarpieces.
She has made 33 altarpies at home and abroad, including in Copenhagen, Spain and the United Arab Emirates. She has woven 535 tapestries for private homes and public buildings. Jakobsen has participated in exhibitions including Riga, Vilnius, Münster, Copenhagen, Orléans, Slovakia + changing exhibits in United States and Denmark.
She has also participated in the Textile Biennale in Lausanne.
In Kristiansand Municipality she has been a local politician. Le Grand Livre de la Tapisserie, 1965 M.