Oluf Tostrup

Oluf Tostrup (26 May 1842 – 21 July 1882) was a Norwegian goldsmith.

He was born in Christiania as the son of goldsmith Jacob Tostrup (1806–1890) and his wife Lina Hjorthøy (1821–1890). He was a great-grandson of priest and topographer Hugo Fredrik Hjorthøy and a granduncle of Jakob Tostrup Prytz. He did not marry.

His father was the founder and owner of the notable goldsmith company J. Tostrup. He was thus brought into the goldsmith profession at an early age, and studied in Oslo, Berlin, Paris and Copenhagen between 1858 and 1865. In 1865 he returned to Norway, in 1870 he became a partner in J. Tostrup. Influenced by art industry abroad, he did pioneering work in filigree design, He also cooperated with architects such as Henrik Thrap-Meyer, Christian Christie and Torolf Prytz in making new designs. He was a co-founder of Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in 1876, and was a member of the board of directors for the rest of his life.