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List Of NorwegiansThis is a list of notable people from Norway. Art - Ingvar Ambjrnsen, author
- Kjell Aukrust, author
- Olav Aukrust, poet
- Ari Behn, author, and husband of Princess Mrtha Louise of Norway
- Svein Berge, musician (Ryksopp)
- Jens Bjrneboe, author
- Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson, author
- Johan Borgen, author
- Torbjrn Brundtland, musician (Ryksopp)
- 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 Flgstad, 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
- Knut Hamsun, author
- Ludvig Holberg, playwright
- Henrik Ibsen, playwright
- Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician
- Roy Jacobsen, author
- Otto Jespersen, comedian
- Brd Tufte Johansen, comedian
- Alexander Kielland, author
- Jan Kjrstad, author
- Wilhelm Krag, author
- Christian Krogh, painter
- Sissel Kyrkjeb, singer
- Sondre Lerche, singer
- Jonas Lie, author
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad, singer (ABBA)
- Maria Mena, pop singer
- Arild Midthun, cartoonist
- Edvard Munch, painter
- yvind 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 Prysen, author and musician
- Vebjrn Sand, painter
- Margit Sandemo, author
- Axel Sandemose, author
- Gabriel Scott, author
- Harald Sverud, 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
- Herbjrg Wassmo, author
- Henrik Wergeland, author
- Johan Herman Wessel, poet
- Peter Wessel Zapffe, writer and philosopher
- Harald Zwart, film director
- Frode verli, 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
- Brge Ousland, polar solo adventurer
- Finn Rnne, 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
- Jrgen Alexander Knudtzon, linguist
- Lars Monrad Krohn, engineer and entrepreneur
- Finn E. Kydland, economist, Nobel laureate
- Hkon Wium Lie, computer scientist
- Sophus Lie, mathematician
- Jan Mossin, financial economist
- P. A. Munch, historian
- Kristen Nygaard, computer scientist, Turing Award laureate
- Arne Nss, 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
- Vebjrn 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 Bjrndalen, biathlete
- Eugen Bjrnstad (Bjrnstad) Grand Prix racecar driver
- Oddvar Br, cross-country skier
- John Carew, football player
- Bjrn Dhlie, cross-country skier
- Nils Arne Eggen, football coach
- Stein Eriksen, alpine skier
- Tore Andr Flo, football player
- Ailo Gaup, pro FMX motorcyclist
- Linn Githmark, curler
- Stian Grimseth, weightlifter
- ge Hareide, football player and coach
- Trine Hattestad, javelin thrower
- Sonja Henie, figure skater and movie star
- Nila Hkedal, beach volleyball player
- Terje Hkonsen, snowboarder
- Bjrg 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 Ljkelsy, ski jumper
- Sondre Norheim, pioneer skier
- Dordi Nordby, curler
- Egil "Drillo" Olsen, football player and coach
- Sigurd Pettersen, ski jumper
- Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poire, biathlete
- John Arne Riise, football player
- Bente Skari, cross-country skier
- Petter Solberg, rally driver
- Ole Gunnar Solskjr, football player
- Robert Srlie, dogsled racer
- Heidi Tjugum, handball keeper
- Kari Traa, freestyle skier
- Ingrid Trlen, beach volleyball player
- Pl Anders Ullevlseter, rally motorcyclist
- Vegard Ulvang, cross-country skier
- Grete Waitz, long distance runner
- Bjrn Wirkola, ski jumper
- Kjetil Andr Aamodt, alpine skier
Other - Simen Agdestein, chess player
- Johannes Berg, central fandom figure
- 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 Nss Jr., businessman and mountaineer
- Arne Rinnan, captain of MV Tampa
- Kjell Inge Rkke, businessman
- sne Seierstad, journalist
- Arvid Storsveen, WWII resistance, leader of XU
- Asbjrn Sunde, WWII resistance fighter
- Gunnar Snsteby, WWII resistance fighter
- Arne Treholt, civil servant, spy, businessman
- Turi Widere, aviatrix
See also Norway
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