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This is a list of notable people from Norway.

Architecture

Art

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Music

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• Music of Norway

Painting and sculpture

Film and comedy

Exploration

Politics

• Peder A. Aarøe, former trade unionist
• Arne Aasheim, diplomat and civil servant
• Ingrid Aune, Mayor of Malvik (2015–2019)
• Anton Christian Bang, former Minister of Education and Church Affairs
• Kjell Magne Bondevik, former prime minister, author
• Per Borten, former prime minister, author
• Trygve Bratteli, former prime minister, author
• Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister, former Director General of the World Health Organization, author, first female prime minister in Norway.
• Torstein Dahle
• Kristin Krohn Devold
• Odd Einar Dørum
• Jan Egeland, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
• Gunhild Emanuelsen (1914–2006), pacifist, women's rights activist, trade unionist and politician
• Jens Evensen
• Geir Flikke, political scientist
• Per-Kristian Foss
• Einar Gerhardsen, former prime minister, author
• Trond Giske
• Carl I. Hagen
• Kristin Halvorsen, former Minister of Finance
• C. J. Hambro
• Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, former leader of "Kristelig folkeparti", The Christian people's party.
• Marianne Heiberg
• Johan Jørgen Holst
• Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician
• Hilde Frafjord Johnson
• Mona Juul, diplomat
• Trygve Halvdan Lie, first UN Secretary-General
• Christian Michelsen, 1905 independence engineer
• Johan Nygaardsvold
• Jan Petersen
• Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), military officer and fascist leader
• Terje Rød-Larsen, diplomat
• Erna Solberg, former Prime Minister
• Lars Sponheim
• Jens Stoltenberg, former Prime Minister, Secretary General of NATO
• Thorvald Stoltenberg, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence
• Shoaib Sultan, Muslim candidate for Oslo mayorship
• Martha Tynæs (1870–1930), pioneering member of the Norwegian Labour Party's Women's Federation
• Kåre Willoch, former Prime Minister, author
• See also:
  • List of Norwegian Prime Ministers
  • List of Norwegian monarchs

Sciences, research, engineering

Sports

Entrepreneurs, inventors, business

World War II

From other categories

• Souhaila Andrawes, former terrorist and Lebanese member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
• Arne Arnardo, circus performer and proprietor
• Johannes Berg, central fandom figure
• Astrid Bjellebø Bayegan (born 1943), Norway's first female prost or dean
• Cornelius Cruys, (1655–1727), first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet
• Dagny Berger (1903–1950), Norway's first woman aviator
• Kristoffer Clausen, media personality
• Louise Kathrine Dedichen (born 1964), vice-admiral
• Andrew Furuseth, (1854–1938), merchant seaman and labour leader
• Lasse Gjertsen, animator and videographer
• Belle Gunness, serial killer
• Anders Behring Breivik, mass murderer
• Mona Grudt, Miss Universe 1990
• Anders Heger, publisher and writer
• Tharald Høyerup Blanc (1838–1921), theatre historian
• Eva Joly, judge
• Tomm Kristiansen, journalist and foreign news correspondent
• Knud Karl Krogh-Tonning (1842–1911), theologian
• Bjørge Lillelien, sports commentator
• Christian Lous Lange, internationalist, Nobel peace-prize laureate
• Erik Meyn (born 1955), television journalist
• Trude Mostue, TV-vet
• Eigil Nansen, humanist and architect
• Annette Obrestad, poker player
• Arne Rinnan, captain of MV Tampa
• Jacobine Rye (1851–1939), defense activist, educator of deaf children
• Åsne Seierstad, journalist
• Kjersti Løken Stavrum (born 1969), secretary general of the Norwegian Press Association
• Odd Arvid Strømstad (born 1952), television producer and director
• Peter Wessel Tordenskjold (1691–1720), naval hero of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy
• Arne Treholt, civil servant, alleged spy for the KGB, convicted of treason
• Unni Turrettini, author, lawyer, international speaker and human connection expert
• Linn Ullmann, journalist and author
• Vicky Vette, adult actress & most followed Norwegian on Twitter
• Herman Fredrik Zeiner-Gundersen, Chief of Defence of Norway and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee

See also

• List of people by nationality
• List of Norwegian Americans

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References

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2. ^ Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. p. 557. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4.
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