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 aka "Shetland's Larsen", WWII naval officer
- Arne Brun Lie, resistance
- Martin Linge, commander of SOE Norwegian Independent Company 1
- Max Manus, resistance fighter
- 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
- Arvid Storsveen, resistance, leader of XU
- Gunnar Sønsteby, resistance fighter
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