List of Norwegians Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

This is a list of notable people from Norway.

Table of contents

1 Art 2 Exploration 3 Politics 4 Science and engineering 5 Sport 6 Other 7 See also

Art

• Ingvar Ambjørnsen, author
• Kjell Aukrust, author
• Olav Aukrust, poet
• Ari Behn, author, and husband of princess
• Svein Berge, musician (Röyksopp)
• Jens Bjørneboe, author
• Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, author
• Johan Borgen, author
• Torbjørn Brundtland, musician (Röyksopp)
• Ole Bull, violinist
• Ivo Caprino, animated film creator
• Lars Saabye Christensen, author
• Olav Duun, author
• Henrik Elvestad, comedian, actor
• Kjartan Fløgstad, author
• Erik Fosnes Hansen, author
• Jan Garbarek, musician
• Arne Garborg, author
• Edvard Grieg, composer
• Eivind Groven, composer
• Jostein Gaarder, novelist
• Kjell Hallbing, author
• Johan Halvorsen, composer
• Knut Hamsun, author
• Ludvig Holberg, playwright
• Henrik Ibsen, playwright
• Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician
• Roy Jacobsen, author
• Alexander Kielland, author
• Jan Kjærstad, author
• Christian Krogh, painter
• Sissel Kyrkjebø, singer
• Jonas Lie, author
• Annifrid Lyngstad, singer (ABBA)
• Maria Mena, pop singer
• Edvard Munch, painter
• Odd Nerdrum, painter
• Kurt Nilsen, pop singer ("world idol")
• Rikard Nordraak, composer
• Alf Prøysen, author and musician
• Axel Sandemose, author
• Gabriel Scott, author
• 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
• Harald Zwart, film director
• See also:
  • Music of Norway

Exploration

• Roald Amundsen, (ant-)arctic explorer, first to reach the the South Pole
• Thor Heyerdahl, explorer and anthropologist
• Helge Ingstad, explorer, first to prove ~1000 AD Viking settlements in America
• Fridtjof Nansen, arctic explorer, scientist and international statesman
• Otto Sverdrup, arctic explorer

Politics

• Kjell Magne Bondevik
• Gro Harlem Brundtland
• Kristin Krohn Devold
• Odd Einar Dørum
• Jens Evensen
• Carl I. Hagen
• Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
• Johan Jørgen Holst
• Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician
• Mona Juul, diplomat
• Trygve Lie, first UN Secretary-General
• Jan Petersen
• Vidkun Quisling, quisling archetype
• Terje Rød-Larsen, diplomat
• Erna Solberg
• Lars Sponheim
• Thorvald Stoltenberg
• Kåre Willoch
• See also:
  • List of Norwegian Prime Ministers
  • List of Norwegian monarchs

Science and engineering

• Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician
• Colin Archer, ship builder
• Kristian Birkeland, physicist and industrialist
• Vilhelm Bjerknes, father of modern weather forecasting
• Viggo Brun, mathematician
• Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist
• Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, dermatologist
• Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, economist
• Gerhard Armauer Hansen, discoverer of the leprosy bacterium
• Trygve Haavelmo, economist
• Christopher Hansteen, physicist and astronomer
• Anne Stine Ingstad, archeologist
• Jon Johansen, computer programmer
• Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon, linguist
• Lars Monrad Krohn, engineer and industrialist
• Finn E. Kydland, economist
• Håkon Wium Lie, computer scientist
• Sophus Lie, mathematician
• Kristen Nygaard, computer scientist
• Lars Onsager, physical chemist
• Sverre Petterssen, meteorologist
• Erik S. Reinert, economist
• Atle Selberg, mathematician
• Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist
• Ludwig Sylow, mathematician
• Vebjørn Tandberg, engineer and industrialist
• Johan Vaaler, inventor
• Caspar Wessel, mathematician
• Ivar Aasen, linguist

Sport

• Berit Aunli, cross-country skier
• Ole Einar Bjørndalen, biathlete
• John Carew, football player
• Bjørn Dæhlie, cross-country skier
• Nils Arne Eggen, football coach
• Stein Eriksen, alpine skier
• Tore André Flo, football player
• 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
• Johann Olav Koss, speed skater
• Ingrid Kristiansen, long distance runner
• Cecilie Leganger, handball keeper
• Roar Ljøkelsøy, ski jumper
• Sondre Norheim, pioneer skier
• Egil "Drillo" Olsen, football player and coach
• Sigurd Pettersen, ski jumper
• Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée, biathlete
• John Arne Riise, football player
• Petter Solberg, rally driver
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær, football player
• Oddvar Brå, cross-country skier
• Heidi Tjugum, handball keeper
• Kari Traa, freestyle skier
• Ingrid Tørlen, beach volleyball player
• 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
• Magnus Carlsen, chess player
• Christian Lous Lange, internationalist
• Max Manus, WWII resistance fighter
• Asbjørn Sunde, WWII resistance fighter
• Eigil Nansen, humanist and architect
• Arne Næss, philosopher
• Arne Næss Jr, businessman and mountaineer
• Arne Rinnan, captain of MV Tampa
• Kjell Inge Røkke, businessman
• Åsne Seierstad, journalist
• Peter Wessel Zapffe, writer and philosopher

See also

• List of people by nationality

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