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
- 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
- Erik Fosnes Hansen, author
- Jan Garbarek, musician
- Arne Garborg, author
- Edvard Grieg, 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
- 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
- Henrik Wergeland, author
- Johan Herman Wessel, poet
- Harald Zwart, film director
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Exploration
Politics
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
- 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 MS Tampa
- Kjell Inge Røkke, businessman
- Åsne Seierstad, journalist
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