Western Norway - Notable People

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