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

Music[]

Main article: list of Norwegian musicians

See also:

  • Music of Norway

Painting and sculpture[]

Main article: List of Norwegian artists

Film and comedy[]

Main article: List of Norwegian actors
Main article: List of Norwegian artists

Exploration[]

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, current 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[]

Sports[]

Main article: List of Norwegian sportspeople

Entrepreneurs, inventors, business[]

World War II[]

From other categories[]

  • Svein Oddvar Moen, Football Referee, Ambulance driver
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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[]

References[]

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