Nell Ramstad Pedersen

Nell Ramstad-Pedersen joined the Norwegian National Ballet in autumn 2026, after two years in the Norwegian National Ballet 2.

Prior to NNB2, Ramstad-Pedersen completed a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Ballet at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. As a student, she danced the pas de deux in Et 2, choreographed by Tim Almaas, and pas de trois in Petipa's Paquita, among other works.

Ramstad-Pedersen (b. 2005) was born and raised in Oslo and started dancing at the age of five. At the age of eight, she was enrolled at the Ballet School of the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, and at junior level she was part of the talent programme in classical ballet at Ruseløkka School – a collaboration between the secondary school and The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet.

Both as a bachelor student and while enrolled at the Ballet School, she danced in productions such as Petipa's Swan Lake and Boyadjiev's The Nutcracker at the Oslo Opera House.