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- List of Norwegians
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List of Norwegians
This is a list of notable people from Norway.
Art
- Ingvar Ambjørnsen, author
- Kjell Aukrust, author
- Olav Aukrust, poet
- Ari Behn, author, and husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
- Svein Berge, musician (Röyksopp)
- Jens Bjørneboe, author
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, author
- Johan Borgen, author
- Torbjørn Brundtland, musician (Röyksopp)
- Ole Bull, violinist
- Ivo Caprino, animation film creator
- Lars Saabye Christensen, author
- J.C. Dahl , painter
- Olav Duun, author
- Harald Eia, comedian, actor
- Johan Falkberget , author
- Kjartan Fløgstad , author
- Erik Fosnes Hansen, author
- Jan Garbarek, musician
- Arne Garborg, author
- Hulda Garborg, author
- Edvard Grieg, composer
- Eivind Groven, composer
- Sigmund Groven , harmonica virtuoso, composer
- Hans Gude , painter
- Jostein Gaarder, novelist
- Kjell Hallbing, author
- Johan Halvorsen, composer
- Per Heimly, photographer, jester
- Hans Herbjørnsrud, author
- Knut Hamsun, author
- Ludvig Holberg, playwright
- Henrik Ibsen, playwright
- Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician
- Roy Jacobsen, author
- Otto Jespersen, comedian
- Bård Tufte Johansen , comedian
- Alexander Kielland, author
- Jan Kjærstad, author
- Wilhelm Krag, author
- Christian Krogh , painter
- Sissel Kyrkjebø, singer
- Sondre Lerche, singer
- Jonas Lie, author
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad, singer (ABBA)
- Maria Mena, pop singer
- Arild Midthun , cartoonist
- Edvard Munch, painter
- Øyvind Mustafarta , musician (Dimmu Borgir)
- Lise Myhre , cartoonist
- Odd Nerdrum, painter
- Kurt Nilsen, pop singer ("World Idol" winner)
- Arne Nordheim, modernist composer
- Rikard Nordraak, composer
- John Norum, guitarist
- Alf Prøysen, author and musician
- Vebjørn Sand , painter
- Margit Sandemo , author
- Axel Sandemose , author
- Gabriel Scott , author
- Harald Sæverud, composer
- Stian Thorensen , musician (Dimmu Borgir)
- Adolph Tiedemand , painter
- Geirr Tveitt, composer
- Liv Ullmann, actress
- Sigrid Undset, author
- Tarjei Vesaas, author
- Gustav Vigeland, sculptor
- Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, author
- Jan Erik Vold , poet
- Herbjørg Wassmo , author
- Henrik Wergeland, author
- Johan Herman Wessel, poet
- Peter Wessel Zapffe, writer and philosopher
- Harald Zwart, film director
- Frode Øverli, cartoonist
See also:
Exploration
- Roald Amundsen, polar explorer, first to reach the South Pole
- Bernt Balchen, general and polar aviation pioneer
- Samuel Balto, arctic explorer
- Tryggve Gran , aviator, made the first solo flight across the North Sea
- Thor Heyerdahl, explorer and anthropologist
- Helge Ingstad, explorer, first to prove ≈1000 AD Viking settlements in America
- Hjalmar Johansen, polar explorer
- Erling Kagge , polar solo adventurer, climber
- Fridtjof Nansen, arctic explorer, scientist and international statesman
- Børge Ousland , polar solo adventurer
- Finn Rønne, Norwegian-American antarctic explorer
- Otto Sverdrup, arctic explorer
Politics
Science and engineering
- Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician
- Harald Tveit Alvestrand, computer scientist
- Colin Archer, ship builder
- Kristian Birkeland, physicist and industrialist
- Vilhelm Bjerknes, meteorologist, father of modern weather forecasting
- Viggo Brun, mathematician
- Sophus Bugge, linguist
- Fredrik Rosing Bull, data processing pioneer
- Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist, Turing Award laureate
- Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, dermatologist
- Sam Eyde, inventor and industrialist
- Ragnar Frisch, economist, Nobel laureate
- Ivar Giaever, physicist, biologist, Nobel laureate
- Gerhard Armauer Hansen, discoverer of the leprosy bacterium
- Trygve Haavelmo, economist, Nobel laureate
- Christopher Hansteen, physicist and astronomer
- Anne Stine Ingstad, archaeologist
- Jon Johansen, computer programmer/hacker
- Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon, linguist
- Lars Monrad Krohn, engineer and entrepreneur
- Finn E. Kydland, economist, Nobel laureate
- Håkon Wium Lie, computer scientist
- Sophus Lie, mathematician
- Jan Mossin, financial economist
- P. A. Munch, historian
- Kristen Nygaard, computer scientist, Turing Award laureate
- Arne Næss, philosopher
- Lars Onsager, physical chemist, Nobel laureate
- Sverre Petterssen, meteorologist
- Erik S. Reinert, heterodox economist
- Atle Selberg, mathematician, Fields Medal laureate
- Eilert Sundt, sociologist
- Georg Sverdrup, linguist
- Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist
- Ludwig Sylow, mathematician
- Vebjørn Tandberg, engineer and industrialist
- Niels Treschow, philosopher
- Johan Vaaler, inventor
- Caspar Wessel, mathematician
- Ivar Aasen, linguist
Sports
- Thomas Alsgaard, cross-country skier
- Berit Aunli , cross-country skier
- Ole Einar Bjørndalen, biathlete
- Eugen Bjørnstad (Björnstad) Grand Prix racecar driver
- Oddvar Brå , cross-country skier
- John Carew, football player
- Bjørn Dæhlie, cross-country skier
- Nils Arne Eggen, football coach
- Stein Eriksen, alpine skier
- Tore André Flo, football player
- Ailo Gaup , pro FMX motorcyclist
- Linn Githmark, curler
- Stian Grimseth, weightlifter
- Åge Hareide, football player and coach
- Trine Hattestad, javelin thrower
- Sonja Henie, figure skater and movie star
- Nila Håkedal, beach volleyball player
- Terje Håkonsen , snowboarder
- Bjørg Eva Jensen , speed skater
- Lasse Kjus, alpine skier
- Espen Knutsen , ice hockey player
- Johann Olav Koss, speed skater
- Ingrid Kristiansen, long distance runner
- Cecilie Leganger , handball keeper
- Roar Ljøkelsøy , ski jumper
- Sondre Norheim, pioneer skier
- Dordi Nordby, curler
- Egil "Drillo" Olsen, football player and coach
- Sigurd Pettersen, ski jumper
- Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée, biathlete
- John Arne Riise, football player
- Bente Skari , cross-country skier
- Petter Solberg, rally driver
- Ole Gunnar Solskjær, football player
- Robert Sørlie, dogsled racer
- Heidi Tjugum , handball keeper
- Kari Traa, freestyle skier
- Pål Trulsen, curler
- Ingrid Tørlen , beach volleyball player
- Pål Anders Ullevålseter , rally motorcyclist
- Vegard Ulvang, cross-country skier
- Grete Waitz, long distance runner
- Bjørn Wirkola, ski jumper
- Kjetil André Aamodt, alpine skier
Other
- Simen Agdestein, chess player
- Johannes Berg, central fandom figure
- Sigval Bergesen d.y., shipping magnate
- Magnus Carlsen, chess player
- Eva Joly , judge
- Christian Lous Lange, internationalist
- Leif Larsen, Shetland's Larsen, WWII naval officer
- Jens Christian Hauge, head of Milorg
- Martin Linge, commander of SOE Norwegian Independent Company 1
- Max Manus, WWII resistance fighter
- Eigil Nansen, humanist and architect
- Arne Næss Jr., businessman and mountaineer
- Arne Rinnan, captain of MV Tampa
- Kjell Inge Røkke, businessman
- Åsne Seierstad, journalist
- Arvid Storsveen, WWII resistance, leader of XU
- Asbjørn Sunde , WWII resistance fighter
- Gunnar Sønsteby, WWII resistance fighter
- Arne Treholt, civil servant, spy, businessman
- Turi Widerøe , aviatrix
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