List of Norwegians

Notable people from Norway:

Table of contents 1 Art 2 Exploration 3 Politics 4 Science 5 Sport 6 Other 7 See also

Art

• Ingvar Ambjørnsen[?], author
• Kjell Aukrust[?], author
• Ari Behn, author
• Jens Bjørneboe[?], author
• Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, author
• Johan Borgen[?], author
• Ivo Caprino, animated film director
• Lars Saabye Christensen[?], author
• Olav Duun[?], author
• Jan Garbarek[?], musician
• Arne Garborg[?], author
• Edvard Grieg, composer
• Jostein Gaarder, novelist
• Johan Halvorsen, composer
• Knut Hamsun, author
• Erik Fosnes Hansen[?], author
• Ludvig Holberg, playwright
• Henrik Ibsen, playwright
• Roy Jacobsen[?], author
• Alexander Kielland[?], author
• Jan Kjærstad, author
• Christian Krogh[?], painter
• Jonas Lie[?], author
• Edvard Munch, painter
• Rikard Nordraak[?], composer
• Axel Sandemose[?], author
• Gabriel Scott[?], author
• Magdalene Thoresen[?], author
• Geirr Tveitt[?], composer
• Liv Ullmann, actress
• Sigrid Undset, author
• Gustav Vigeland, sculptor
• Aasmund Olavsson Vinje[?], author
• Tarjei Vesaas[?], author
• Henrik Wergeland, author
• Johan Herman Wessel, poet
• See also:
  • Music of Norway

Exploration

• Roald Amundsen, arctic explorer
• Thor Heyerdahl, explorer and anthropologist
• Helge Ingstad, explorer
• Fridtjof Nansen, arctic explorer, scientist and international statesman

Politics

• Gro Harlem Brundtland
• Kristin Krohn Devold
• Odd Einar Dørum[?]
• Carl I. Hagen[?]
• Valgerd Svarstad Haugland[?]
• Mona Juul[?]
• Trygve Lie, first UN Secretary-General
• Karita Bekkemellem Orheim[?]
• Jan Petersen[?]
• Vidkun Quisling, quisling archetype
• Terje Rød-Larsen
• Lars Sponheim[?]
• Thorvald Stoltenberg
• Kåre Willoch
• See also:
  • List of Norwegian Prime Ministers
  • List of Norwegian monarchs

Science

• Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician
• Kristian Birkeland, physicist and industrialist
• Viggo Brun, mathematician
• Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist
• Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, dermatologist
• Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, economist
• Gerhard Armauer Hansen, discoverer of the bacteria causing leprosy
• Trygve Haavelmo[?], economist
• Sophus Lie, mathematician
• Kristen Nygaard, computer scientist
• Lars Onsager, physical chemist
• Atle Selberg, mathematician
• Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist
• Otto Sverdrup[?], oceanographer
• Ludwig Sylow[?], mathematician
• Johan Vaaler, inventor
• Caspar Wessel, mathematician
• Ivar Aasen, linguist

Sport

• Ole Einar Bjørndalen, biathlete
• Bjørn Dæhlie[?], cross-country skier
• Stein Eriksen[?], alpine skier
• Tore André Flo[?], football player
• Sonja Henie, figure skater and movie star
• Terje Håkonsen[?], snowboarder
• Lasse Kjus[?], alpine skier
• Johann Olav Koss, speed skater
• Ingrid Kristiansen[?], long distance runner
• Sondre Norheim, pioneer skier
• John Arne Riise, football player
• Petter Solberg, rally driver
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær, football player
• Grete Waitz[?], long distance runner
• Bjørn Wirkola[?], ski jumper
• Kjetil André Aamodt[?], alpine skier

Other

• Jon Johansen, computer programmer
• Christian Lous Lange, internationalist
• Lars Monrad Krohn[?], industrialist
• Max Manus[?], resistance fighter
• Eigil Nansen, humanist and architect
• Arne Næss[?], philosopher
• Arne Rinnan, captain of MS Tampa
• Kjell Inge Røkke, investor
• Åsne Seierstad, journalist
• Vebjørn Tandberg, industrialist

See also

• List of people by nationality