Notable Residents
Main category: People from Oslo- Sigrid Undset (1882–1949), writer, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928
- Jens Stoltenberg (b. 1959), Prime Minister
- Fabian Stang (b. 1955), mayor
- Kjetil André Aamodt (b. 1971), alpine skier
- Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862–1951), meteorologist
- Espen Bredesen (b. 1968), ski jumper, Olympic champion
- Gro Harlem Brundtland (b. 1939), Prime Minister and Director-General of WHO
- Lars Saabye Christensen (b. 1953), author
- Thorbjørn Egner (1912–1990), Playwright, songwriter and illustrator
- John Fredriksen (b. 1944), shipping magnate
- Ragnar Frisch (1895–1973), economist, Nobel Prize laureate (1969)
- Johan Galtung (b. 1930), sociologist, founder of peace and conflict studies
- Sindre Goksøyr (b. 1975), artist, musician
- Christian Krohg (1852–1925), painter
- Hans Gude (1825–1903), landscape painter
- Tine Thing Helseth (b. 1987), trumpeter
- Sonja Henie (1912–1969), Norwegian figure skater and actress
- Eva Joly (b. 1943), magistrate
- Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906), playwright, theatre director and poet
- Erling Kagge (b. 1963), polar explorer
- Espen Knutsen (b. 1972), former professional ice hockey player
- Edvard Munch (1863–1944), painter
- Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930), polar explorer, scientist, diplomat, Nobel laureate
- Lars Onsager (1903–1976), physical chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Børge Ousland (b. 1962), polar explorer, writer
- Grete Waitz (1953–2011), marathon runner
- Kjell Ola Dahl (b. 1958), author
- Jo Nesbø (b. 1960), author and musician
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