Notable People
A
- Tone Damli Aaberge, singer, songwriter
- Ivar Aasen, philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet
- Peter C. Assersen, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.
- John Anderson, Norwegian-American publisher.
- Nikolai Astrup, painter
- Elisabeth Andreassen, singer, songwriter
B
- Eirik Bakke, football player
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate
- Cecilia Brækhus, boxer and proffboxer
- Lars Bystøl, ski jumper
- Ole Bull, composer and violinist
E
- Leif Ericson, is currently regarded as the first European to land in North America 492 years before Christopher Columbus.
F
- Jan Åge Fjørtoft, former footballer
- Tore André Flo, football striker
- Herman Friele, mayor and coffee king
G
- Arne Garborg, writer
- Edvard Grieg, composer
- Christian Grindheim, football player
H
- Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, doctor, the one to discover the leprosy bacteria, Mycobacterium leprae
- Ludvig Holberg, playwright and author
- Ingrid Espelid Hovig, television chef and author of cook books
J
- Roald "Kniksen" Jensen, soccer player
K
- Alexander Kielland, author
- Hanne Krogh, singer
- Eirik Kvalfoss,
- Sissel Kyrkjebø, singer
L
- Leif Andreas Larsen, naval officer
M
- Christian Michelsen, politician, Prime Minister
- Joni Mitchell, musician, songwriter, and painter.
N
- Knute Nelson, politician, senator of Minnesota
- Jo Nesbø, bestselling author and musician
- Kurt Nilsen, singer, winner Norwegian Idol season one, and World Idol.
O
- Alexander Dale Oen
P
- Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée, career biathlete
R
- John Arne Riise, football player
- Knute Rockne, football player
- Kjell Inge Røkke, businessman
S
- Jakob Sande, writer, poet and folk singer
- Eric Sevareid, CBS news journalist
- Geir Skeie, chef, winner of the 2008 Bocuse d'Or Europe, and the 2009 Bocuse d'Or world final.
- Amalie Skram, writer
- Ole Gunnar Solskjær, football manager and former footballer
- Synnøve Svabø, talk show host
- Kathrine Sørland, fashion model, former winner of Miss Norway
T
- Harald Thune, civil servant
- Pia Tjelta, actress
- Per Inge Torkelsen, comic, author, radio personality, and self declared clown
- Kari Traa, skier
V
- Varg Vikernes, black metal musician
- Kristian Valen, comedian and pop star
Ø
- Finn Øglænd, author, poet, translator and literature critic
- Arnulf Øverland, author
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