List of Norwegians

Art

• Ingvar Ambjørnsen, author
• Kjell Aukrust, author
• Olav Aukrust, poet
• Ari Behn, author
• Svein Berge, musician
• Jens Bjørneboe, author
• Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, author
• Johan Borgen, author
• Torbjørn Brundtland, musician
• Ole Bull, violinist
• 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
• Sissel Kyrkjebø, singer
• Annifrid Lyngstad, singer
• Jonas Lie, author
• Edvard Munch, painter
• Kurt Nilsen, pop idol
• 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
• Johan Jørgen Holst
• 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
• Anne Stine Ingstad, archeologist
• Sophus Lie, mathematician
• Håkon Wium Lie, computer scientist
• 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
• Nils Arne Eggen, football coach
• Stein Eriksen, alpine skier
• Tore André Flo, football player
• Åge Hareide, football coach
• Trine Hattestad, javelin thrower
• 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
• Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée, biathlete
• 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 Næss jr., businessman and mountaineer
• Arne Rinnan, captain of MS Tampa
• Kjell Inge Røkke, investor
• Åsne Seierstad, journalist
• Vebjørn Tandberg, industrialist

See also

• List of people by nationality

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