Notable Residents
- Håvard Gimse (b. 1966), pianist
- Levi Henriksen (b. 1964), author
- Dagny Juel (1867–1901), poet
- Monica Kristensen Solås (b. 1950), polar explorer
- Roy Lønhøiden (b. 1964), composer and performing artist
- Åse Wisløff Nilssen (b. 1945), politician
- Even Pellerud (b. 1953), soccer player and coach
- Bjørge Stensbøl, former chief of top-level athletics Olympiatoppen
- Tove Strand (b. 1946), politician
- Sverre Strandli (b. 1925), Hammer thrower
- Erik Werenskiold (1855–1938), painter and illustrator
- Eva Lund Haugen (1907–1996), Norwegian-American author
- Yohanna (b. 1990), Icelandic singer at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
- Mullah Krekar (b. 1956), Kurdish Sunni Islam scholar
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