List of Norwegians

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This is a list of notable people from Norway.

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Architecture

Main article: List of Norwegian architects

Art

Literature

Main articles: List of Norwegian writers and List of Norwegian women writers

Ingvar Ambjørnsen, author Tryggve Andersen, novelist, poet Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812–1885), writer, folklorist Kjell Aukrust, author and illustrator Olav Aukrust, poet Ari Behn, author; ex-husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway André Bjerke, poet and author Jens Bjørneboe, author and poet Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, poet and author, Nobel Prize in Literature winner[1] Ketil Bjørnstad, author, composer, musician Johan Bojer, novelist and dramatist Johan Borgen, author Christian Braunmann Tullin (1728–1765); businessman and poet Johan Nordahl Brun (1745–1816); author, poet, dramatist, politician Olaf Bull, poet Lars Saabye Christensen, author and poet Camilla Collett (1813–1895), writer, feminist Olav Duun, author Tom Egeland, author Peter Egge, author, journalist, playwright Thorbjørn Egner, playwright, songwriter and illustrator Anne Karin Elstad, author Kristian Elster, novelist, journalist, literary critic Sven Elvestad, journalist and author Carl Fredrik Engelstad, writer, playwright, journalist, translator Johan Falkberget, author Kjartan Fløgstad, author Jon Fosse, author, poet and playwright Jostein Gaarder, author Arne Garborg, author and poet Hulda Garborg, poet and author Inger Hagerup, author, playwright and poet Kjell Hallbing, author Knut Hamsun,[2] author of Hunger,[3] Nobel Prize in Literature winner[4] Erik Fosnes Hansen, author and poet Jørgen Haugan, author and lecturer Olav H. Hauge, horticulturist, translator and poet Hans Herbjørnsrud, author Sigurd Hoel, author Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), historian and playwright Henrik Ibsen,[5] playwright and poet, author of A Doll's House[3] Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician Roy Jacobsen, author Rolf Jacobsen, poet Alexander Kielland, author Jan Kjærstad, author Karl Ove Knausgård, novelist, author of My Struggle[6] Thomas Krag, novelist, playwright Vilhelm Krag, poet Trude Brænne Larssen, author Henry Lawson, author Bernt Lie, novelist Jonas Lie, author Jørgen Moe, folklorist Lise Myhre, cartoonist Dagne Groven Myhren, literature researcher Jo Nesbø, author Christopher Nielsen, cartoonist Sigbjørn Obstfelder, writer and poet Alf Prøysen, author, poet, folk singer and entertainer Nini Roll Anker, novelist, playwright Margit Sandemo, author Aksel Sandemose, author Gabriel Scott, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer Amalie Skram, writer, feminist Dag Solstad, author Marta Steinsvik, author Edvard Storm, poet, songwriter, educator Jens Tvedt, novelist, writer Sigrid Undset,[2] author of Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel Prize in Literature winner[7] Halldis Moren Vesaas, poet and author Tarjei Vesaas, author and poet Jan Erik Vold, lyric poet Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, poet and author Herbjørg Wassmo, author Johan Sebastian Welhaven, poet Henrik Wergeland, poet Johan Herman Wessel, poet Peter Wessel Zapffe, writer and philosopher Knut Ødegård, author Finn Øglænd, author Frode Øverli, cartoonist

Asbjørnsen Behn Bjørnson Gaarder Garborg Hamsun Holberg Ibsen Kielland Knausgård Lie Undset Vesaas Wergeland

Music

Main articles: list of Norwegian musicians, List of Norwegian composers, and List of Norwegian operatic sopranos

Morten Abel, musician (Mods, Peltz, The September When, Solo) Ivar F. Andresen, basso profundo opera singer Astrid S (real name Astrid Smeplass), singer-songwriter Savant, musician (edm, real name Aleksander Vinter) Svein Berge, musician (Röyksopp) Margaret Berger, singer-songwriter Jarle Bernhoft, singer-songwriter Geir Botnen, pianist Ole Bull, violinist, composer Thomas Dybdahl, singer-songwriter Euronymous (real name Øystein Aarseth), musician (Mayhem) Fenriz (real name Gylve Nagell), musician, metal guru (Darkthrone) Kirsten Flagstad, soprano Magne Furuholmen, keyboardist and songwriter (a-ha) Gaahl (real name Kristian Espedal), singer (Gorgoroth) Anja Garbarek, singer-songwriter Jan Garbarek, musician Håvard Gimse, classical pianist Ernst Glaser, violinist Gottfried von der Goltz, violinist, conductor Edvard Grieg, composer Eivind Groven, composer Sigmund Groven, harmonica virtuoso, composer Lona Gyldenkrone (1848–1934), opera singer Johan Halvorsen, composer Morten Harket, singer Ørjan Hartveit, opera singer Björn Haugan, opera singer Dag-Are Haugan, electronic musician Ian Haugland, drummer (Europe) Kate Havnevik, singer-songwriter, composer, musician, pianist, guitarist, melodica player Hank von Helvete (real name Hans Erik Husby), singer (Turbonegro) Tone Groven Holmboe, composer Wilhelmine Holmboe-Schenström (1842–1939), opera singer Tom Hugo, singer Carl Høgset, conductor (Grex Vocalis) Ihsahn (real name Vegard Sverre Tveitan), musician (Emperor) Christian Ingebrigtsen singer-songwriter for A1 David Monrad Johansen, composer Deeyah Khan, singer, film director, music producer, composer, and human rights defender Roy Khan, singer (Kamelot) Olav Kielland, conductor, composer Henning Kraggerud, violinist Solveig Kringlebotn, soprano Trond Kverno, composer Girl in Red (Real name Marie Ulven Ringheim), singer, songwriter Sissel Kyrkjebø, singer Jørn Lande, singer Andy LaPlegua, DJ Marit Larsen, singer-songwriter Ronni Le Tekrø, musician and guitarist Sondre Lerche, singer-songwriter Herman Severin Løvenskiold, composer of La Sylphide ballet Rolf Løvland, musician (Secret Garden) Anni-Frid Lyngstad, lead singer (ABBA) Lene Marlin, singer-songwriter Tom Mathisen, humorist singer Maria Mena, singer-songwriter Egil Monn-Iversen, composer Truls Mørk, cellist Henny Mürer, choreographer and dancer Øyvind Mustaparta, musician (Dimmu Borgir) Wenche Myhre, singer Necrobutcher (real name Jørn Stubberud), musician (Mayhem) Lars Nedland, musician (Solefald) Joachim Nielsen a.k.a. Jokke, rock singer, poet Kurt Nilsen, pop singer (World Idol winner) Nocturno Culto (real name Ted Skjellum), musician (Darkthrone) Arne Nordheim, modernist composer Rikard Nordraak, composer John Norum, guitarist (Europe) Lene Nystrøm, pop singer (Aqua) Opaque (real name Morten Aasdahl Eliassen), rapper Tord Øverland-Knudsen, bassist (The Wombats) Erlend Øye, musician (Kings of Convenience) Ole Paus, singer-songwriter Alf Prøysen, author and musician Marion Raven, singer-songwriter Hans Rotmo, singer-songwriter Kari Rueslåtten, singer Alexander Rybak, singer, actor, violinist, pianist, composer (Eurovision song contest winner 2009) Terje Rypdal, guitarist, composer Gisle Saga, music producer, songwriter Samoth (real name Tomas Haugen), musician (Emperor) Knut Schreiner, musician (Turbonegro, Euroboys) Sigrid, singer-songwriter Berit Skjefte (1809–1899), langeleik performer Magna Lykseth-Skogman (1874–1948), Norwegian-born Swedish opera singer Gjendine Slålien (1871–1972), folk singer Njål Sparbo, singer Vibeke Stene, singer (ex-Tristania) Alexander Stenerud, singer-songwriter (Zuma) Øystein Sunde, singer, guitarist Johan Svendsen, composer Harald Sæverud, composer Tommy Tee (real name Tommy Flaaten), rapper, producer, DJ Jahn Teigen, singer Arve Tellefsen, violin virtuoso Stian Thoresen, singer (Dimmu Borgir) Geirr Tveitt, composer Varg Vikernes, musician (Burzum) and convicted murderer Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, songwriter and guitarist (a-ha) Alan Walker, DJ and producer Toki Wartooth, guitarist (Dethklok) Sigurd Wongraven, singer-guitarist (Satyricon) Erlend Øye, musician Aurora Aksnes, singer-songwriter

Aqua Astrid S Aurora Bull Dimmu Borgir Emperor Europe Fenriz Flagstad Furuholmen Gaahl Garbarek Grieg Halvorsen Harket Roy Khan Kyrkjebø Larsen Løvenskiold Lyngstad Marlin Mayhem Mena Nilsen Nordheim Nordraak Øye Prøysen Rybak Sigrid Svendsen Tveitt Vikernes

See also:

• Music of Norway

Painting and sculpture

Main article: List of Norwegian artists

Nils Aas, sculptor Betzy Akersloot-Berg, painter Peter Nicolai Arbo, painter Nikolai Astrup, painter Harriet Backer, painter Peder Balke, painter Brynjulf Bergslien, sculptor Andreas Bloch, painter Tupsy Clement, painter Hans Dahl, painter J.C. Dahl, painter Brit Dyrnes, ceramist Bjorn Egeli, painter Yngvild Fagerheim, ceramist Thomas Fearnley, painter Johannes Flintoe, painter Magne Furuholmen, painter, sculptor Åse Frøyshov, textile artist Rolf Groven, painter Hans Gude, painter Aasta Hansteen, painter Lars Hertervig, painter Thorolf Holmboe, painter Olaf Isaachsen, painter Theodor Kittelsen, painter Annelise Knudtzon, textile artist Christian Krohg, painter Oda Krohg, painter Edvard Munch,[8] painter Odd Nerdrum, painter Wilhelm Peters, painter Eilif Peterssen, painter Børre Sæthre, artist Vebjørn Sand, painter Christiane Schreiber, painter Otto Sinding, painter Christian Skredsvig, painter Harald Sohlberg, painter Frits Thaulow, painter Adolph Tidemand, painter Gustav Vigeland, sculptor Erik Werenskiold, painter, illustrator

Astrup Arbo Backer Dahl Gude Kittelsen Krohg Munch Thaulow Tidemand Vigeland Werenskiold

Film and comedy

Main article: List of Norwegian actors

Main article: List of Norwegian artists

Hauk Aabel, actor Atle Antonsen, comedian Ivo Caprino, animation film creator Lalla Carlsen, actress Espen Eckbo, comedian, actor Egil Eide, silent film actor and director Harald Eia, comedian, actor John Emblem, comedian Thomas Giertsen, comedian, actor Laura Gundersen, actress Gunnar Haugan (1925–2009), character actor Solveig Haugan (1901–1953), stage and movie actress Harald Heide-Steen Jr., comedian, actor Per Heimly, photographer, jester Henrik Holm, actor Ola Isene, opera singer Otto Jespersen, comedian Bård Tufte Johansen, comedian Kristoffer Joner, actor David Knudsen, actor Geir Ove Kvalheim, director Mette Lange-Nielsen, actress Natassia Malthe, model, actress Henny Moan, actress Lillian Müller, model, actress August Oddvar, stage actor Arve Opsahl, comedian, actor Iren Reppen, actress Tarjei Sandvik Moe, actor Kristopher Schau, comedian Aud Schønemann, actress Bjørn Sundquist, actor Rut Tellefsen, actress Gerd Thoreid, stand-up comedian and singer Liv Ullmann, actress, film director Ingerid Vardund, actress Line Verndal, actress Rolv Wesenlund, comedian, actor Ragna Wettergreen, actress Øystein Wiik, actor Viktoria Winge, actress Tommy Wirkola, film director Ylvis, comedy duo famous for their viral hit song and video "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" Harald Zwart, film director

Aabel Caprino Carlsen Heide-Steen Jr. Malthe Müller Moe Tellefsen Ullmann Vardund Wesenlund Wirkola Ylvis Zwart

Exploration

Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), polar explorer, first to reach the South Pole and the first seaman to traverse the Northwest Passage Bernt Balchen (1899–1973), Norwegian-American polar aviation pioneer Samuel Balto, arctic explorer Carl Bock, government official, author, naturalist and explorer Finn Devold (1902–1987), arctic explorer Hallvard Devold, polar explorer Leif Erikson, world explorer Rune Gjeldnes, polar (solo) adventurer Tryggve Gran (1889–1980), aviator, made the first solo flight across the North Sea Tormod Granheim, climber and extreme skier, 1st ski descent Mount Everest North Face, 2006 Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002), explorer and anthropologist, famous for his Kon-Tiki expedition Helge Ingstad (1899–2001), explorer, first to prove ca. 1000 AD Viking settlements in America Hjalmar Johansen (1867–1913), polar explorer Erling Kagge, polar solo adventurer, climber Carl Anton Larsen (1860–1924), Antarctic explorer and first person to ski in Antarctica on the Larsen Ice Shelf; considered the founder of the Antarctic whaling industry and the settlement at Grytviken, South Georgia Henry Larsen, Norwegian born Canadian Arctic seaman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; second to traverse Canada's Northwest Passage in the St. Roch Christian Leden (1882–1957), Greenland and Canada Lars Monsen, adventurer Jens Munk (1579–1628), explorer of the Northwest Passage Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930), Arctic explorer, scientist and international statesman Børge Ousland, polar solo adventurer Finn Rønne (1899–1980), Norwegian-American antarctic explorer Otto Sverdrup (1854–1930), Arctic explorer

Amundsen Erikson Heyerdahl Johansen Larsen Nansen Ronne Sverdrup

Politics

• Peder A. Aarøe, former trade unionist
• Arne Aasheim, diplomat and civil servant
• Ingrid Aune, Mayor of Malvik (2015–2019)
• Anton Christian Bang, former Minister of Education and Church Affairs
• Kjell Magne Bondevik, former prime minister, author
• Per Borten, former prime minister, author
• Trygve Bratteli, former prime minister, author
• Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister, former Director General of the World Health Organization, author, first female prime minister in Norway.
• Torstein Dahle
• Kristin Krohn Devold
• Odd Einar Dørum
• Jan Egeland, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
• Gunhild Emanuelsen (1914–2006), pacifist, women's rights activist, trade unionist and politician
• Jens Evensen
• Geir Flikke, political scientist
• Per-Kristian Foss
• Einar Gerhardsen, former prime minister, author
• Trond Giske
• Carl I. Hagen
• Kristin Halvorsen, former Minister of Finance
• C. J. Hambro
• Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, former leader of "Kristelig folkeparti", The Christian people's party.
• Marianne Heiberg
• Johan Jørgen Holst
• Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician
• Hilde Frafjord Johnson
• Mona Juul, diplomat
• Trygve Halvdan Lie, first UN Secretary-General
• Christian Michelsen, 1905 independence engineer
• Johan Nygaardsvold
• Jan Petersen
• Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), military officer and fascist leader
• Terje Rød-Larsen, diplomat
• Erna Solberg, former Prime Minister
• Lars Sponheim
• Jens Stoltenberg, former Prime Minister, Secretary General of NATO
• Thorvald Stoltenberg, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence
• Shoaib Sultan, Muslim candidate for Oslo mayorship
• Martha Tynæs (1870–1930), pioneering member of the Norwegian Labour Party's Women's Federation
• Kåre Willoch, former Prime Minister, author
• See also:
  • List of Norwegian Prime Ministers
  • List of Norwegian monarchs

Sciences, research, engineering

Further information: List of Norwegian mathematicians

Odd Aalen, statistician Arne Jørgen Aasen (born 1939), chemist Ivar Aasen (1813–1896), linguist, nynorsk proponent Arnstein Aassve (born 1968), demographer and economist Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), mathematician Harald Tveit Alvestrand, computer scientist Colin Archer (1832–1921), ship builder Fredrik Barth, anthropologist Drude Berntsen (born 1939), computer scientist Kristian Birkeland (1867–1917), physicist and industrialist Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862–1951), meteorologist, father of modern weather forecasting Magne Børset (born 1958), physician Inga Bostad (born 1963), philosopher Viggo Brun (1885–1978), mathematician Sophus Bugge (1833–1907), linguist Fredrik Rosing Bull (1882–1925), data processing pioneer Ole-Johan Dahl (1931–2002), computer scientist, Turing Award laureate Daniel Cornelius Danielssen (1815–1894), dermatologist Finn Devold (1902–1977), marine biologist Jon Elster, political science and sociology Sam Eyde (1866–1940), inventor and industrialist Ragnar Frisch (1895–1973), economist, Nobel laureate Johan Galtung, peace and conflict research, The Right Livelihood Award laureate Ivar Giaever, physicist, biologist, Nobel laureate Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718–1773), naturalist, bishop of Trondheim Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841–1912), discoverer of the leprosy bacterium Odd Hassel (1897–1981), chemist, Nobel laureate (1969) Trygve Haavelmo (1911–1999), economist, Nobel laureate Said Hadjerrouit, university professor of informatics and computer science[9] Christopher Hansteen (1784–1873), physicist and astronomer Johan Hjort (1869–1948), marine biologist, oceanographer, fisheries Peter M. Haugan, scientist and Director of the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen Anne Stine Ingstad (1918–1997), archaeologist Geir Ivarsøy, co-developer of the Opera web browser Wilhelmine Mimi Johnson (1890–1980), geologist and physician Fred Kavli, inventor, business leader, Kavli prizes Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon, linguist Lars Monrad Krohn, engineer and entrepreneur Finn E. Kydland, economist, Nobel laureate Håkon Wium Lie, computer scientist, web pioneer and inventor of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Sophus Lie (1842–1899), mathematician Edvard Moser, neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (2014) May-Britt Moser, neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (2014) Jørgen Moe, folklorist, author and bishop Moltke Moe, folklorist Jan Mossin (1936–1987), financial economist P. A. Munch (1810–1863), historian Per Hjalmar Nakstad (1946), radiologist Kristen Nygaard (1926–2002), computer scientist, Turing Award laureate Arne Næss, philosopher Lars Onsager (1903–1976), physical chemist, Nobel laureate Sverre Petterssen (1898–1974), meteorologist Trygve Reenskaug, computer science (model–view–controller) Erik S. Reinert, heterodox economist Stein Rokkan (1921–1979), political scientist Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist Olaus Dons Schmidt (1895-1969), genealogist Atle Selberg (1917–2007), mathematician, Fields Medal laureate Thoralf Skolem (1887–1963), mathematician Hans Ström (1726–1797), zoologist Ragnhild Sundby (1922–2006), zoologist Eilert Sundt (1817–1875), sociologist Georg Sverdrup (1770–1850), linguist Harald Sverdrup (1888–1957), oceanographer and meteorologist Ludwig Sylow (1832–1918), mathematician Rasmus Sørnes (1893–1967), inventor and clockmaker Tor Sørnes, inventor keycard lock Vebjørn Tandberg (1904–1978), engineer and industrialist Niels Treschow (1751–1833), philosopher John Ugelstad (1921–1997), pioneering scientist within the fields of polymer and colloid chemistry Olav Vadstein (born 1955), professor of microbial ecology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Caspar Wessel (1745–1818), mathematician Knut Yrvin, computer scientist, founder and main creator of Skolelinux

Aasen Abel Archer Birkeland Bjerknes Brun Frisch Galtung Giaever Gunnerus Hansen Hassel Haavelmo Hansteen Kydland Lie Moser M. Moser Næss Nygaard Onsager Selberg

Sports

Main article: List of Norwegian sportspeople

Finn Aamodt, former head coach of the Norwegian alpine skiing team Kjetil André Aamodt, alpine ski racer Ragnhild Aamodt, handball player Th. Valentin Aass, sailor Roald Aas, speed skater Thomas Alsgaard, cross-country skier Alf Andersen, ski jumper Frode Andresen, biathlete and cross-country skier Hjalmar Andersen, speed skater Gunn Margit Andreassen, biathlete Johan Anker, sailor Berit Aunli, cross-country skier Eirik Bakke, footballer Ivar Ballangrud, speed skater Anders Bardal, ski jumper Henning Berg, footballer Lars Berger, biathlete André Bergdølmo, footballer Tora Berger, biathlete Hedda Berntsen, skier Stig Inge Bjørnebye, footballer Ole Einar Bjørndalen, biathlete and coach Kristian Bjørnsen, handball player Marit Bjørgen, cross-country skier Anette Bøe, cross-country skier Håvard Bøkko, speed skater Lars Bohinen, footballer Audun Boysen, middle distance runner Oddvar Brå, cross-country skier Rune Bratseth, footballer Espen Bredesen, ski jumper Hans Petter Buraas, alpine skier Tony Capaldi, footballer Magnus Carlsen, chess grandmaster Linda Cerup-Simonsen, sailor Egil Danielsen, javelin thrower Bjørn Dæhlie, cross-country skier Nils Arne Eggen, footballer and football coach Toralf Engan, ski jumper Stein Eriksen, alpine ski racer Frode Estil, cross-country skier Bernt Evensen, speed skater Johan Remen Evensen, ski jumper Maiken Caspersen Falla, cross-country skier Jan Åge Fjørtoft, footballer Tore André Flo, footballer Ivar Formo, cross-county skier Daniel Franck, snowboarder Stine Brun Kjeldaas, snowboarder Torbjørn Falkanger, ski jumper Sverre Farstad, speed skater Ann Kristin Flatland, biathlete Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå, mountain biker Ole Kristian Furuseth, alpine skier Frode Grodås, footballer and coach Harald Grønningen, cross-county skier Erling Haaland, footballer Gunnar Halle, footballer Gro Hammerseng-Edin, handball player Sverre Ingolf Haugli, speed skater Halvard Hanevold, biathlete Brede Hangeland, footballer Alf Hansen, rower Frank Hansen Åge Hareide, footballer and coach Ola Vigen Hattestad, cross-county skier Trine Hattestad, track and field athlete Jens Petter Hauge, footballer Nina Haver-Løseth, alpine ski racer Ada Hegerberg, footballer Vegard Heggem, footballer Tor Heiestad, shooter Albert Helgerud, shooter Finn Helgesen, speed skater Sonja Henie, figure skater Markus Henriksen, footballer Tor Arne Hetland, cross-country skier Tom Hilde, ski jumper Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, cross-country skier Tom Høgli, footballer Petter Hugsted, ski jumper Thor Hushovd, road bicycle racer Jakob Ingebrigtsen, middle-distance runner Odd Iversen, footballer Steffen Iversen, footballer Anders Jacobsen, ski jumper Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, cross-country skier Finn Christian Jagge, alpine skier Anne Jahren, cross-county skier Kjetil Jansrud, alpine ski racer Rune Jarstein, footballer Bjørg Eva Jensen, speed skater Leif Jenssen, weightlifter Knut Johannesen, speed skater Stefan Johansen, footballer Therese Johaug, cross-country skier Erland Johnsen, footballer Ronny Johnsen, footballer Martin Johnsrud Sundby, cross-country skier Jørgen Juve, footballer Geir Karlstad, speed skater Kristian Kjelling, handball player Lasse Kjus, alpine ski racer Knut Knudsen, cyclist Espen Knutsen, ice hockey player Erling Kongshaug, shooter Johann Olav Koss, speed skater Ingrid Kristiansen. athlete Alexander Kristoff, cyclist Eirik Kvalfoss, biathlete John Larsen, shooter Dag Otto Lauritzen, cyclist Øyvind Leonhardsen, footballer Ole Lilloe-Olsen, shooter Roar Ljøkelsøy, ski jumper Tom Lund, football coach and player Katrine Lunde Haraldsen, handball player Kristine Lunde-Borgersen, handball player Claus Lundekvam, footballer Fred Anton Maier, speed skater Andreas Martinsen, ice hockey player Oscar Mathisen, speed skater Marit Mikkelsplass, cross-country skier Magnus Moan, nordic combined skier Per Ivar Moe, speed skater Thomas Myhre, footballer Erik Mykland, footballer Magne Myrmo, cross-county skier Torger Nergård, curler Leif Kristian Haugen, ski racer Roger Nilsen, footballer Sara Nordenstam, swimmer Håvard Nordtveit, footballer Sondre Norheim, skier, pioneer of modern skiing Petter Northug, cross-country skier Katja Nyberg, handball player Ørjan Nyland, footballer Martin Ødegaard, footballer Alexander Dale Oen, swimmer Stine Bredal Oftedal, handball player Otto Olsen, shooter Egil Østenstad, footballer Ole Østmo, shooter Axel Paulsen, figure skater Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, cross-country skier Morten Gamst Pedersen, footballer Håvard Vad Petersson, curler Britt Pettersen, cross-country skier Øystein Pettersen, cross-country skier Bartosz Piasecki, fencer Kjetil Rekdal, footballer Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren, handball player John Arne Riise, footballer Vebjørn Rodal, middle stance athlete Willy Røgeberg, shooter Bjørn Einar Romøren, ski jumper Jon Rønningen, wrestler Birger Ruud, ski jumper and alpine skier Casper Ruud, tennis Sigmund Ruud, ski jumper Sander Sagosen, handball player Ole Selnæs, footballer Bente Skari, cross-country skier Per Ciljan Skjelbred, footballer Liv Grete Skjelbreid, biathlete Kristen Skjeldal, cross-country skier Vibeke Skofterud, cross-country skier Ståle Solbakken, footballer and coach Petter Solberg, rally and rallycross driver Ole Gunnar Solskjær, footballer Ådne Søndrål, speed skater Sten Stensen, speed skater Ingvild Stensland, footballer Martin Stokken, cross-country skier Jan Egil Storholt, speed skater Kristin Størmer Steira, cross-country skier Sverre Strandli, hammer thrower Siren Sundby, sailor Christoffer Svae, curler Jens Arne Svartedal, cross-county skier Emil Hegle Svendsen, biathlete Jonas Svensson, footballer Aksel Lund Svindal, alpine ski racer Magne Thomassen, speed skater Patrick Thoresen, ice hockey player Andreas Thorkildsen, track and field athlete Erik Thorstvedt, footballer Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, ice hockey player Kari Traa, freestyle skier Pål Trulsen, curler Olaf Tufte, rower Håvard Tvedten, handball player Thomas Ulsrud, curler Vegard Ulvang, cross-country skier Grete Waitz, marathon runner Karsten Warholm, athlete Bjørn Wirkola, ski jumper Mats Zuccarello, ice hockey player

Aamodt Andersen Ballangrud Berg Berger Bjørgen Bjørndalen Bredesen Dæhlie Dale Oen Danielsen Flesjå Haaland Helgerud Henie Jansrud Johannesen Knudsen Koss Lilloe-Olsen Nergård Nordenstam Piasecki Ruud Solskjær Sundby Svindal Thorkildsen Traa Waitz Wirkola Zuccarello

Entrepreneurs, inventors, business

Sigval Bergesen d.y., shipping magnate Annika Biørnstad (born 1957), media executive Thor Bjørklund (1889–1975), inventor of the cheese slicer Marianne Heien Blystad (born 1958), lawyer and businesswoman Kjerstin Braathen (born 1970), banker, CEO of DNB Halfdan Gyth Dehli, businessman and aviator Sam Eyde, inventor and industrialist John Fredriksen, shipping magnate Stein Erik Hagen, businessman Siri Hatlen, businessperson Per Helmer, businessperson[10] Alf Ihlen, industrialist Anders Jahre, shipping magnate Jørgen Jahre, shipowner Jannik Lindbæk, banker Tove Kvammen Midelfart (born 1951), lawyer and businesswoman Susanne Munch Thore (born 1960), lawyer and businesswoman Arne Næss Jr., businessman and mountaineer Fred Olsen, shipping magnate Margareth Øvrum (born 1958), civil engineer and business executive Heidi M. Petersen, businesswoman Hilmar Reksten, shipping magnate Kjell Inge Røkke, businessman and fisherman Peter Arne Ruzicka, businessman Julie Skarland (born 1960), fashion designer Carl Peter Stoltenberg, merchant and shipowner Petter Stordalen, businessman Berit Svendsen (born 1963), business executive and engineer Anne Carine Tanum (born 1954), business executive Olav Thon (1923–2024), real estate developer Johan Vaaler (1866–1910) Bror With (1900–1985), inventor

Bergesen Eyde Fredriksen Hagen Jahre Reksten Stoltenberg Stordalen Thon Vaaler

World War II

Carl Gustav Fleischer (1883–1942), first allied general to win a major victory against the Germans in World War II (Battle of Narvik). Gunvald Tomstad (1918–1970), resistance fighter/double agent (radio operator), who helped transmit axis ship movements to the allies and was partly responsible for helping discover and sink the Bismarck. Jens Christian Hauge, head of Milorg Johan Bernhard Hjort, Gross Kreutz group, White Buses operation Leif Larsen a.k.a. "Shetland's Larsen", WWII naval officer Arne Brun Lie, resistance Martin Linge, commander of SOE Norwegian Independent Company 1 Max Manus, resistance fighter Sigurd Østrem, jurist and Nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling, WWII 'prime minister' by coup d'état Ole Reistad, head of Little Norway Henry Rinnan, Gestapo agent, leader of Sonderabteilung Lola Otto Ruge, Commander-in-Chief Ludwig Schübeler, priest Arvid Storsveen, resistance, leader of XU Gunnar Sønsteby, resistance fighter

Fleischer Larsen Manus Quisling

From other categories

• Souhaila Andrawes, former terrorist and Lebanese member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
• Arne Arnardo, circus performer and proprietor
• Johannes Berg, central fandom figure
• Astrid Bjellebø Bayegan (born 1943), Norway's first female prost or dean
• Cornelius Cruys, (1655–1727), first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet
• Dagny Berger (1903–1950), Norway's first woman aviator
• Kristoffer Clausen, media personality
• Louise Kathrine Dedichen (born 1964), vice-admiral
• Andrew Furuseth, (1854–1938), merchant seaman and labour leader
• Lasse Gjertsen, animator and videographer
• Belle Gunness, serial killer
• Anders Behring Breivik, mass murderer
• Mona Grudt, Miss Universe 1990
• Anders Heger, publisher and writer
• Tharald Høyerup Blanc (1838–1921), theatre historian
• Eva Joly, judge
• Tomm Kristiansen, journalist and foreign news correspondent
• Knud Karl Krogh-Tonning (1842–1911), theologian
• Bjørge Lillelien, sports commentator
• Christian Lous Lange, internationalist, Nobel peace-prize laureate
• Erik Meyn (born 1955), television journalist
• Trude Mostue, TV-vet
• Eigil Nansen, humanist and architect
• Annette Obrestad, poker player
• Arne Rinnan, captain of MV Tampa
• Jacobine Rye (1851–1939), defense activist, educator of deaf children
• Åsne Seierstad, journalist
• Kjersti Løken Stavrum (born 1969), secretary general of the Norwegian Press Association
• Odd Arvid Strømstad (born 1952), television producer and director
• Peter Wessel Tordenskjold (1691–1720), naval hero of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy
• Arne Treholt, civil servant, alleged spy for the KGB, convicted of treason
• Unni Turrettini, author, lawyer, international speaker and human connection expert
• Linn Ullmann, journalist and author
• Vicky Vette, adult actress & most followed Norwegian on Twitter
• Herman Fredrik Zeiner-Gundersen, Chief of Defence of Norway and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee

See also

• List of people by nationality
• List of Norwegian Americans

References

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