Berg Upper Secondary School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • Arvid Storsveen (1915–1943), engineer and founder of the WWII resistance/intelligence organisation XU
  • Erik Diesen (1922–1999), journalist and television pioneer
  • Helge Reiss (1928–2009), actor
  • Ole Peter Kolby (born 1939), diplomat and former president of the UN Security Council
  • Jon Skolmen (born 1940), actor and comedian
  • Finn Wagle (born 1941), former primate in the Church of Norway and bishop in Nidaros (Trondheim)
  • Else Bugge Fougner (born 1944), lawyer and former minister of justice
  • Trond Kirkvaag (1946–2007), comedian
  • Ivar Formo (1951–2006), Olympic gold medalist
  • Lars Saabye Christensen (born 1953), novelist, recipient of the Nordic Council Prize for Literature
  • Per Christian Ellefsen (born 1954), actor
  • Per Boye Hansen (born 1957), Director of Bergen International Festival
  • Siri Bjerke (born 1958), Divisional Director in Innovation Norway, former Minister of Environment
  • Torstein Bieler (born 1959), musician
  • Vigdis Hjorth (born 1959), novelist
  • Lars Fredrik Beckstrøm (born 1960), musician (deLillos)
  • Gabriel R. G. Benito (born 1960), Dean and Professor BI Norwegian Business School
  • Rune Bjerke (born 1960), President and CEO of DnB NOR
  • Ida Hjort Kraby (born 1960), lawyer
  • Vetle Lid Larssen (born 1960), novelist
  • Jonas Gahr Støre (born 1960), Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Secretary General of the Norwegian Red Cross and Executive Director in the World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Inger Marie Sunde (born 1961), former Chief Public Prosecutor (førstestatsadvokat), prosecutor in the case against "DVD-Jon"
  • Hege Duckert (born 1962), journalist and editor of Dagbladet
  • Henrik Mestad (born 1964), actor
  • Helene Uri (born 1964), novelist
  • Fredrik Skavlan (born 1966), journalist, illustrator and television personality
  • Simen Agdestein (born 1967), International chess grandmaster and National Team player in soccer
  • Bård Folke Fredriksen (born 1967), head of the Conservative Party in Oslo City Council
  • Henrik H. Langeland (born 1972), novelist
  • Håvard Homstvedt (born 1976), New York based painter
  • Nikolai Astrup (born 1978), Member of the Norwegian Parliament, vice chairman of Oslo Conservative Party and former editor of the Minerva political magazine
  • Elisabeth O. Sjaastad (born 1978), film director
  • Petrit Selimi (born 1979), Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo

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