Per Hovdenakk

{{Short description|Norwegian art historian}}

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| nationality = Norwegian

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Per Hovdenakk (11 December 1935 – 14 June 2016) was a Norwegian art historian.

He was born in Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. From 1959 to 1969 he was a journalist at Bergens Arbeiderblad. He was assigned with the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter from 1969, and served as director of the museum from 1989 to 1996. He was decorated Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 2012.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Per Hovdenakk |first=Svein |last=Askheim |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Per_Hovdenakk |language=Norwegian|accessdate=12 July 2016}}