List of Norwegians

This is a list of notable people from Norway.

Literature

 * Ingvar Ambjørnsen, author
 * Tryggve Andersen, novelist, poet
 * Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812–1885), writer, folklorist
 * Kjell Aukrust, author and illustrator
 * Olav Aukrust, poet
 * Ari Behn, author; ex-husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
 * André Bjerke, poet and author
 * Jens Bjørneboe, author and poet
 * Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, poet and author, Nobel Prize in Literature winner
 * Ketil Bjørnstad, author, composer, musician
 * Johan Bojer, novelist and dramatist
 * Johan Borgen, author
 * Christian Braunmann Tullin (1728–1765); businessman and poet
 * Johan Nordahl Brun (1745–1816); author, poet, dramatist, politician
 * Olaf Bull, poet
 * Lars Saabye Christensen, author and poet
 * Camilla Collett (1813–1895), writer, feminist
 * Olav Duun, author
 * Tom Egeland, author
 * Peter Egge, author, journalist, playwright
 * Thorbjørn Egner, playwright, songwriter and illustrator
 * Anne Karin Elstad, author
 * Kristian Elster, novelist, journalist, literary critic
 * Sven Elvestad, journalist and author
 * Carl Fredrik Engelstad, writer, playwright, journalist, translator
 * Johan Falkberget, author
 * Kjartan Fløgstad, author
 * Jon Fosse, author, poet and playwright
 * Jostein Gaarder, author
 * Arne Garborg, author and poet
 * Hulda Garborg, poet and author
 * Inger Hagerup, author, playwright and poet
 * Kjell Hallbing, author
 * Knut Hamsun, author of Hunger, Nobel Prize in Literature winner
 * Erik Fosnes Hansen, author and poet
 * Jørgen Haugan, author and lecturer
 * Olav H. Hauge, horticulturist, translator and poet
 * Hans Herbjørnsrud, author
 * Sigurd Hoel, author
 * Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), historian and playwright
 * Henrik Ibsen, playwright and poet, author of A Doll's House
 * Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician
 * Roy Jacobsen, author
 * Rolf Jacobsen, poet
 * Alexander Kielland, author
 * Jan Kjærstad, author
 * Karl Ove Knausgård, novelist, author of My Struggle
 * Thomas Krag, novelist, playwright
 * Vilhelm Krag, poet
 * Trude Brænne Larssen, author
 * Henry Lawson, author
 * Bernt Lie, novelist
 * Jonas Lie, author
 * Jørgen Moe, folklorist
 * Lise Myhre, cartoonist
 * Dagne Groven Myhren, literature researcher
 * Jo Nesbø, author
 * Christopher Nielsen, cartoonist
 * Sigbjørn Obstfelder, writer and poet
 * Alf Prøysen, author, poet, folk singer and entertainer
 * Nini Roll Anker, novelist, playwright
 * Margit Sandemo, author
 * Aksel Sandemose, author
 * Gabriel Scott, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer
 * Amalie Skram, writer, feminist
 * Dag Solstad, author
 * Marta Steinsvik, author
 * Edvard Storm, poet, songwriter, educator
 * Jens Tvedt, novelist, writer
 * Sigrid Undset, author of Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel Prize in Literature winner
 * Halldis Moren Vesaas, poet and author
 * Tarjei Vesaas, author and poet
 * Jan Erik Vold, lyric poet
 * Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, poet and author
 * Herbjørg Wassmo, author
 * Johan Sebastian Welhaven, poet
 * Henrik Wergeland, poet
 * Johan Herman Wessel, poet
 * Peter Wessel Zapffe, writer and philosopher
 * Knut Ødegård, author
 * Finn Øglænd, author
 * Frode Øverli, cartoonist

Music

 * Morten Abel, musician (Mods, Peltz, The September When, Solo)
 * Ivar F. Andresen, basso profundo opera singer
 * Astrid S (real name Astrid Smeplass), singer-songwriter
 * Savant, musician (edm, real name Aleksander Vinter)
 * Svein Berge, musician (Röyksopp)
 * Margaret Berger, singer-songwriter
 * Jarle Bernhoft, singer-songwriter
 * Geir Botnen, pianist
 * Ole Bull, violinist, composer
 * Euronymous (real name Øystein Aarseth), musician (Mayhem)
 * Fenriz (real name Gylve Nagell), musician, metal guru (Darkthrone)
 * Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
 * Magne Furuholmen, keyboardist and songwriter (a-ha)
 * Gaahl (real name Kristian Espedal), singer (Gorgoroth)
 * Anja Garbarek, singer-songwriter
 * Jan Garbarek, musician
 * Håvard Gimse, classical pianist
 * Ernst Glaser, violinist
 * Gottfried von der Goltz, violinist, conductor
 * Edvard Grieg, composer
 * Eivind Groven, composer
 * Sigmund Groven, harmonica virtuoso, composer
 * Lona Gyldenkrone (1848–1934), opera singer
 * Johan Halvorsen, composer
 * Morten Harket, singer
 * Ørjan Hartveit, opera singer
 * Björn Haugan, opera singer
 * Dag-Are Haugan, electronic musician
 * Ian Haugland, drummer (Europe)
 * Kate Havnevik, singer-songwriter, composer, musician, pianist, guitarist, melodica player
 * Hank von Helvete (real name Hans Erik Husby), singer (Turbonegro)
 * Tone Groven Holmboe, composer
 * Wilhelmine Holmboe-Schenström (1842–1939), opera singer
 * Tom Hugo, singer
 * Carl Høgset, conductor (Grex Vocalis)
 * Ihsahn (real name Vegard Sverre Tveitan), musician (Emperor)
 * Christian Ingebrigtsen singer-songwriter for A1
 * David Monrad Johansen, composer
 * Deeyah Khan, singer, film director, music producer, composer, and human rights defender
 * Roy Khan, singer (Kamelot)
 * Olav Kielland, conductor, composer
 * Henning Kraggerud, violinist
 * Solveig Kringlebotn, soprano
 * Trond Kverno, composer
 * Girl in Red (Real name Marie Ulven Ringheim), singer, songwriter
 * Sissel Kyrkjebø, singer
 * Jørn Lande, singer
 * Andy LaPlegua, DJ
 * Marit Larsen, singer-songwriter
 * Ronni Le Tekrø, musician and guitarist
 * Sondre Lerche, singer-songwriter
 * Herman Severin Løvenskiold, composer of La Sylphide ballet
 * Rolf Løvland, musician (Secret Garden)
 * Anni-Frid Lyngstad, lead singer (ABBA)
 * Lene Marlin, singer-songwriter
 * Tom Mathisen, humorist singer
 * Maria Mena, singer-songwriter
 * Egil Monn-Iversen, composer
 * Truls Mørk, cellist
 * Henny Mürer, choreographer and dancer
 * Øyvind Mustaparta, musician (Dimmu Borgir)
 * Wenche Myhre, singer
 * Necrobutcher (real name Jørn Stubberud), musician (Mayhem)
 * Lars Nedland, musician (Solefald)
 * Joachim Nielsen a.k.a. Jokke, rock singer, poet
 * Kurt Nilsen, pop singer (World Idol winner)
 * Nocturno Culto (real name Ted Skjellum), musician (Darkthrone)
 * Arne Nordheim, modernist composer
 * Rikard Nordraak, composer
 * John Norum, guitarist (Europe)
 * Lene Nystrøm, pop singer (Aqua)
 * Opaque (real name Morten Aasdahl Eliassen), rapper
 * Tord Øverland-Knudsen, bassist (The Wombats)
 * Erlend Øye, musician (Kings of Convenience)
 * Ole Paus, singer-songwriter
 * Alf Prøysen, author and musician
 * Marion Raven, singer-songwriter
 * Hans Rotmo, singer-songwriter
 * Kari Rueslåtten, singer
 * Alexander Rybak, singer, actor, violinist, pianist, composer (Eurovision song contest winner 2009)
 * Terje Rypdal, guitarist, composer
 * Gisle Saga, music producer, songwriter
 * Samoth (real name Tomas Haugen), musician (Emperor)
 * Knut Schreiner, musician (Turbonegro, Euroboys)
 * Sigrid, singer-songwriter
 * Berit Skjefte (1809–1899), langeleik performer
 * Magna Lykseth-Skogman (1874–1948), Norwegian-born Swedish opera singer
 * Gjendine Slålien (1871–1972), folk singer
 * Njål Sparbo, singer
 * Vibeke Stene, singer (ex-Tristania)
 * Alexander Stenerud, singer-songwriter (Zuma)
 * Øystein Sunde, singer, guitarist
 * Johan Svendsen, composer
 * Harald Sæverud, composer
 * Tommy Tee (real name Tommy Flaaten), rapper, producer, DJ
 * Jahn Teigen, singer
 * Arve Tellefsen, violin virtuoso
 * Stian Thoresen, singer (Dimmu Borgir)
 * Geirr Tveitt, composer
 * Varg Vikernes, musician (Burzum) and convicted murderer
 * Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, songwriter and guitarist (a-ha)
 * Alan Walker, DJ and producer
 * Toki Wartooth, guitarist (Dethklok)
 * Sigurd Wongraven, singer-guitarist (Satyricon)
 * Erlend Øye, musician
 * Aurora Aksnes, singer-songwriter

See also:
 * Music of Norway

Painting and sculpture

 * Nils Aas, sculptor
 * Betzy Akersloot-Berg, painter
 * Peter Nicolai Arbo, painter
 * Nikolai Astrup, painter
 * Harriet Backer, painter
 * Peder Balke, painter
 * Brynjulf Bergslien, sculptor
 * Andreas Bloch, painter
 * Tupsy Clement, painter
 * Hans Dahl, painter
 * J.C. Dahl, painter
 * Brit Dyrnes, ceramist
 * Bjorn Egeli, painter
 * Yngvild Fagerheim, ceramist
 * Thomas Fearnley, painter
 * Johannes Flintoe, painter
 * Magne Furuholmen, painter, sculptor
 * Åse Frøyshov, textile artist
 * Rolf Groven, painter
 * Hans Gude, painter
 * Aasta Hansteen, painter
 * Lars Hertervig, painter
 * Thorolf Holmboe, painter
 * Olaf Isaachsen, painter
 * Theodor Kittelsen, painter
 * Annelise Knudtzon, textile artist
 * Christian Krohg, painter
 * Oda Krohg, painter
 * Edvard Munch, painter
 * Odd Nerdrum, painter
 * Wilhelm Peters, painter
 * Eilif Peterssen, painter
 * Børre Sæthre, artist
 * Vebjørn Sand, painter
 * Christiane Schreiber, painter
 * Otto Sinding, painter
 * Christian Skredsvig, painter
 * Harald Sohlberg, painter
 * Frits Thaulow, painter
 * Adolph Tidemand, painter
 * Gustav Vigeland, sculptor
 * Erik Werenskiold, painter, illustrator

Film and comedy

 * Hauk Aabel, actor
 * Atle Antonsen, comedian
 * Ivo Caprino, animation film creator
 * Lalla Carlsen, actress
 * Espen Eckbo, comedian, actor
 * Egil Eide, silent film actor and director
 * Harald Eia, comedian, actor
 * Thomas Giertsen, comedian, actor
 * Laura Gundersen, actress
 * Gunnar Haugan (1925–2009), character actor
 * Solveig Haugan (1901–1953), stage and movie actress
 * Harald Heide-Steen Jr., comedian, actor
 * Per Heimly, photographer, jester
 * Henrik Holm, actor
 * Ola Isene, opera singer
 * Otto Jespersen, comedian
 * Bård Tufte Johansen, comedian
 * Kristoffer Joner, actor
 * David Knudsen, actor
 * Geir Ove Kvalheim, director
 * Mette Lange-Nielsen, actress
 * Natassia Malthe, model, actress
 * Henny Moan, actress
 * Lillian Müller, model, actress
 * August Oddvar, stage actor
 * Arve Opsahl, comedian, actor
 * Iren Reppen, actress
 * Tarjei Sandvik Moe, actor
 * Kristopher Schau, comedian
 * Aud Schønemann, actress
 * Bjørn Sundquist, actor
 * Rut Tellefsen, actress
 * Gerd Thoreid, stand-up comedian and singer
 * Liv Ullmann, actress, film director
 * Ingerid Vardund, actress
 * Line Verndal, actress
 * Rolv Wesenlund, comedian, actor
 * Ragna Wettergreen, actress
 * Øystein Wiik, actor
 * Viktoria Winge, actress
 * Tommy Wirkola, film director
 * Ylvis, comedy duo famous for their viral hit song and video "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)"
 * Harald Zwart, film director

Exploration

 * Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), polar explorer, first to reach the South Pole and the first seaman to traverse the Northwest Passage
 * Bernt Balchen (1899–1973), Norwegian-American polar aviation pioneer
 * Samuel Balto, arctic explorer
 * Carl Bock, government official, author, naturalist and explorer
 * Finn Devold (1902–1987), arctic explorer
 * Hallvard Devold, polar explorer
 * Leif Erikson, world explorer
 * Rune Gjeldnes, polar (solo) adventurer
 * Tryggve Gran (1889–1980), aviator, made the first solo flight across the North Sea
 * Tormod Granheim, climber and extreme skier, 1st ski descent Mount Everest North Face, 2006
 * Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002), explorer and anthropologist, famous for his Kon-Tiki expedition
 * Helge Ingstad (1899–2001), explorer, first to prove ca. 1000 AD Viking settlements in America
 * Hjalmar Johansen (1867–1913), polar explorer
 * Erling Kagge, polar solo adventurer, climber
 * Carl Anton Larsen (1860–1924), Antarctic explorer and first person to ski in Antarctica on the Larsen Ice Shelf; considered the founder of the Antarctic whaling industry and the settlement at Grytviken, South Georgia
 * Henry Larsen, Norwegian born Canadian Arctic seaman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; second to traverse Canada's Northwest Passage in the St. Roch
 * Christian Leden (1882–1957), Greenland and Canada
 * Lars Monsen, adventurer
 * Jens Munk (1579–1628), explorer of the Northwest Passage
 * Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930), Arctic explorer, scientist and international statesman
 * Børge Ousland, polar solo adventurer
 * Finn Rønne (1899–1980), Norwegian-American antarctic explorer
 * Otto Sverdrup (1854–1930), Arctic explorer

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

 * Odd Aalen, statistician
 * Arne Jørgen Aasen (born 1939), chemist
 * Ivar Aasen (1813–1896), linguist, nynorsk proponent
 * Arnstein Aassve (born 1968), demographer and economist
 * Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), mathematician
 * Harald Tveit Alvestrand, computer scientist
 * Colin Archer (1832–1921), ship builder
 * Fredrik Barth, anthropologist
 * Drude Berntsen (born 1939), computer scientist
 * Kristian Birkeland (1867–1917), physicist and industrialist
 * Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862–1951), meteorologist, father of modern weather forecasting
 * Magne Børset (born 1958), physician
 * Inga Bostad (born 1963), philosopher
 * Viggo Brun (1885–1978), mathematician
 * Sophus Bugge (1833–1907), linguist
 * Fredrik Rosing Bull (1882–1925), data processing pioneer
 * Ole-Johan Dahl (1931–2002), computer scientist, Turing Award laureate
 * Daniel Cornelius Danielssen (1815–1894), dermatologist
 * Finn Devold (1902–1977), marine biologist
 * Jon Elster, political science and sociology
 * Sam Eyde (1866–1940), inventor and industrialist
 * Ragnar Frisch (1895–1973), economist, Nobel laureate
 * Johan Galtung, peace and conflict research, The Right Livelihood Award laureate
 * Ivar Giaever, physicist, biologist, Nobel laureate
 * Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718–1773), naturalist, bishop of Trondheim
 * Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841–1912), discoverer of the leprosy bacterium
 * Odd Hassel (1897–1981), chemist, Nobel laureate (1969)
 * Trygve Haavelmo (1911–1999), economist, Nobel laureate
 * Said Hadjerrouit, university professor of informatics and computer science
 * Christopher Hansteen (1784–1873), physicist and astronomer
 * Johan Hjort (1869–1948), marine biologist, oceanographer, fisheries
 * Peter M. Haugan, scientist and Director of the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen
 * Anne Stine Ingstad (1918–1997), archaeologist
 * Geir Ivarsøy, co-developer of the Opera web browser
 * Fred Kavli, inventor, business leader, Kavli prizes
 * Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon, linguist
 * Lars Monrad Krohn, engineer and entrepreneur
 * Finn E. Kydland, economist, Nobel laureate
 * Håkon Wium Lie, computer scientist, web pioneer and inventor of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
 * Sophus Lie (1842–1899), mathematician
 * Edvard Moser, neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (2014)
 * May-Britt Moser, neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (2014)
 * Jørgen Moe, folklorist, author and bishop
 * Moltke Moe, folklorist
 * Jan Mossin (1936–1987), financial economist
 * P. A. Munch (1810–1863), historian
 * Per Hjalmar Nakstad (1946), radiologist
 * Kristen Nygaard (1926–2002), computer scientist, Turing Award laureate
 * Arne Næss, philosopher
 * Lars Onsager (1903–1976), physical chemist, Nobel laureate
 * Sverre Petterssen (1898–1974), meteorologist
 * Trygve Reenskaug, computer science (model–view–controller)
 * Erik S. Reinert, heterodox economist
 * Stein Rokkan (1921–1979), political scientist
 * Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist
 * Olaus Dons Schmidt (1895-1969), genealogist
 * Atle Selberg (1917–2007), mathematician, Fields Medal laureate
 * Thoralf Skolem (1887–1963), mathematician
 * Hans Ström (1726–1797), zoologist
 * Ragnhild Sundby (1922–2006), zoologist
 * Eilert Sundt (1817–1875), sociologist
 * Georg Sverdrup (1770–1850), linguist
 * Harald Sverdrup (1888–1957), oceanographer and meteorologist
 * Ludwig Sylow (1832–1918), mathematician
 * Rasmus Sørnes (1893–1967), inventor and clockmaker
 * Tor Sørnes, inventor keycard lock
 * Vebjørn Tandberg (1904–1978), engineer and industrialist
 * Niels Treschow (1751–1833), philosopher
 * John Ugelstad (1921–1997), pioneering scientist within the fields of polymer and colloid chemistry
 * Olav Vadstein (born 1955), professor of microbial ecology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
 * Caspar Wessel (1745–1818), mathematician
 * Knut Yrvin, computer scientist, founder and main creator of Skolelinux

Sports

 * Finn Aamodt, former head coach of the Norwegian alpine skiing team
 * Kjetil André Aamodt, alpine ski racer
 * Ragnhild Aamodt, handball player
 * Th. Valentin Aass, sailor
 * Roald Aas, speed skater
 * Thomas Alsgaard, cross-country skier
 * Alf Andersen, ski jumper
 * Frode Andresen, biathlete and cross-country skier
 * Hjalmar Andersen, speed skater
 * Gunn Margit Andreassen, biathlete
 * Johan Anker, sailor
 * Berit Aunli, cross-country skier
 * Eirik Bakke, footballer
 * Ivar Ballangrud, speed skater
 * Anders Bardal, ski jumper
 * Henning Berg, footballer
 * Lars Berger, biathlete
 * André Bergdølmo, footballer
 * Tora Berger, biathlete
 * Hedda Berntsen, skier
 * Stig Inge Bjørnebye, footballer
 * Ole Einar Bjørndalen, biathlete and coach
 * Kristian Bjørnsen, handball player
 * Marit Bjørgen, cross-country skier
 * Anette Bøe, cross-country skier
 * Håvard Bøkko, speed skater
 * Lars Bohinen, footballer
 * Audun Boysen, middle distance runner
 * Oddvar Brå, cross-country skier
 * Rune Bratseth, footballer
 * Espen Bredesen, ski jumper
 * Hans Petter Buraas, alpine skier
 * Tony Capaldi, footballer
 * Magnus Carlsen, chess grandmaster
 * Linda Cerup-Simonsen, sailor
 * Egil Danielsen, javelin thrower
 * Bjørn Dæhlie, cross-country skier
 * Nils Arne Eggen, footballer and football coach
 * Toralf Engan, ski jumper
 * Stein Eriksen, alpine ski racer
 * Frode Estil, cross-country skier
 * Bernt Evensen, speed skater
 * Johan Remen Evensen, ski jumper
 * Maiken Caspersen Falla, cross-country skier
 * Jan Åge Fjørtoft, footballer
 * Tore André Flo, footballer
 * Ivar Formo, cross-county skier
 * Daniel Franck, snowboarder
 * Stine Brun Kjeldaas, snowboarder
 * Torbjørn Falkanger, ski jumper
 * Sverre Farstad, speed skater
 * Ann Kristin Flatland, biathlete
 * Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå, mountain biker
 * Ole Kristian Furuseth, alpine skier
 * Frode Grodås, footballer and coach
 * Harald Grønningen, cross-county skier
 * Erling Haaland, footballer
 * Gunnar Halle, footballer
 * Gro Hammerseng-Edin, handball player
 * Sverre Ingolf Haugli, speed skater
 * Halvard Hanevold, biathlete
 * Brede Hangeland, footballer
 * Alf Hansen, rower
 * Frank Hansen
 * Åge Hareide, footballer and coach
 * Ola Vigen Hattestad, cross-county skier
 * Trine Hattestad, track and field athlete
 * Jens Petter Hauge, footballer
 * Nina Haver-Løseth, alpine ski racer
 * Ada Hegerberg, footballer
 * Vegard Heggem, footballer
 * Tor Heiestad, shooter
 * Albert Helgerud, shooter
 * Finn Helgesen, speed skater
 * Sonja Henie, figure skater
 * Markus Henriksen, footballer
 * Tor Arne Hetland, cross-country skier
 * Tom Hilde, ski jumper
 * Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, cross-country skier
 * Tom Høgli, footballer
 * Petter Hugsted, ski jumper
 * Thor Hushovd, road bicycle racer
 * Jakob Ingebrigtsen, middle-distance runner
 * Odd Iversen, footballer
 * Steffen Iversen, footballer
 * Anders Jacobsen, ski jumper
 * Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, cross-country skier
 * Finn Christian Jagge, alpine skier
 * Anne Jahren, cross-county skier
 * Kjetil Jansrud, alpine ski racer
 * Rune Jarstein, footballer
 * Bjørg Eva Jensen, speed skater
 * Leif Jenssen, weightlifter
 * Knut Johannesen, speed skater
 * Stefan Johansen, footballer
 * Therese Johaug, cross-country skier
 * Erland Johnsen, footballer
 * Ronny Johnsen, footballer
 * Martin Johnsrud Sundby, cross-country skier
 * Jørgen Juve, footballer
 * Geir Karlstad, speed skater
 * Kristian Kjelling, handball player
 * Lasse Kjus, alpine ski racer
 * Knut Knudsen, cyclist
 * Espen Knutsen, ice hockey player
 * Erling Kongshaug, shooter
 * Johann Olav Koss, speed skater
 * Ingrid Kristiansen. athlete
 * Alexander Kristoff, cyclist
 * Eirik Kvalfoss, biathlete
 * John Larsen, shooter
 * Dag Otto Lauritzen, cyclist
 * Øyvind Leonhardsen, footballer
 * Ole Lilloe-Olsen, shooter
 * Roar Ljøkelsøy, ski jumper
 * Tom Lund, football coach and player
 * Katrine Lunde Haraldsen, handball player
 * Kristine Lunde-Borgersen, handball player
 * Claus Lundekvam, footballer
 * Fred Anton Maier, speed skater
 * Andreas Martinsen, ice hockey player
 * Oscar Mathisen, speed skater
 * Marit Mikkelsplass, cross-country skier
 * Magnus Moan, nordic combined skier
 * Per Ivar Moe, speed skater
 * Thomas Myhre, footballer
 * Erik Mykland, footballer
 * Magne Myrmo, cross-county skier
 * Torger Nergård, curler
 * Leif Kristian Haugen, ski racer
 * Roger Nilsen, footballer
 * Sara Nordenstam, swimmer
 * Håvard Nordtveit, footballer
 * Sondre Norheim, skier, pioneer of modern skiing
 * Petter Northug, cross-country skier
 * Katja Nyberg, handball player
 * Ørjan Nyland, footballer
 * Martin Ødegaard, footballer
 * Alexander Dale Oen, swimmer
 * Stine Bredal Oftedal, handball player
 * Otto Olsen, shooter
 * Egil Østenstad, footballer
 * Ole Østmo, shooter
 * Axel Paulsen, figure skater
 * Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, cross-country skier
 * Morten Gamst Pedersen, footballer
 * Håvard Vad Petersson, curler
 * Britt Pettersen, cross-country skier
 * Øystein Pettersen, cross-country skier
 * Bartosz Piasecki, fencer
 * Kjetil Rekdal, footballer
 * Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren, handball player
 * John Arne Riise, footballer
 * Vebjørn Rodal, middle stance athlete
 * Willy Røgeberg, shooter
 * Bjørn Einar Romøren, ski jumper
 * Jon Rønningen, wrestler
 * Birger Ruud, ski jumper and alpine skier
 * Casper Ruud, tennis
 * Sigmund Ruud, ski jumper
 * Sander Sagosen, handball player
 * Ole Selnæs, footballer
 * Bente Skari, cross-country skier
 * Per Ciljan Skjelbred, footballer
 * Liv Grete Skjelbreid, biathlete
 * Kristen Skjeldal, cross-country skier
 * Vibeke Skofterud, cross-country skier
 * Ståle Solbakken, footballer and coach
 * Petter Solberg, rally and rallycross driver
 * Ole Gunnar Solskjær, footballer
 * Ådne Søndrål, speed skater
 * Sten Stensen, speed skater
 * Ingvild Stensland, footballer
 * Martin Stokken, cross-country skier
 * Jan Egil Storholt, speed skater
 * Kristin Størmer Steira, cross-country skier
 * Sverre Strandli, hammer thrower
 * Siren Sundby, sailor
 * Christoffer Svae, curler
 * Jens Arne Svartedal, cross-county skier
 * Emil Hegle Svendsen, biathlete
 * Jonas Svensson, footballer
 * Aksel Lund Svindal, alpine ski racer
 * Magne Thomassen, speed skater
 * Patrick Thoresen, ice hockey player
 * Andreas Thorkildsen, track and field athlete
 * Erik Thorstvedt, footballer
 * Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, ice hockey player
 * Kari Traa, freestyle skier
 * Pål Trulsen, curler
 * Olaf Tufte, rower
 * Håvard Tvedten, handball player
 * Thomas Ulsrud, curler
 * Vegard Ulvang, cross-country skier
 * Grete Waitz, marathon runner
 * Karsten Warholm, athlete
 * Bjørn Wirkola, ski jumper
 * Mats Zuccarello, ice hockey player

Entrepreneurs, inventors, business

 * Sigval Bergesen d.y., shipping magnate
 * Annika Biørnstad (born 1957), media executive
 * Thor Bjørklund (1889–1975), inventor of the cheese slicer
 * Marianne Heien Blystad (born 1958), lawyer and businesswoman
 * Kjerstin Braathen (born 1970), banker, CEO of DNB
 * Halfdan Gyth Dehli, businessman and aviator
 * Sam Eyde, inventor and industrialist
 * John Fredriksen, shipping magnate
 * Stein Erik Hagen, businessman
 * Siri Hatlen, businessperson
 * Per Helmer, businessperson
 * Alf Ihlen, industrialist
 * Anders Jahre, shipping magnate
 * Jørgen Jahre, shipowner
 * Jannik Lindbæk, banker
 * Tove Kvammen Midelfart (born 1951), lawyer and businesswoman
 * Susanne Munch Thore (born 1960), lawyer and businesswoman
 * Arne Næss Jr., businessman and mountaineer
 * Fred Olsen, shipping magnate
 * Margareth Øvrum (born 1958), civil engineer and business executive
 * Heidi M. Petersen, businesswoman
 * Hilmar Reksten, shipping magnate
 * Kjell Inge Røkke, businessman and fisherman
 * Peter Arne Ruzicka, businessman
 * Julie Skarland (born 1960), fashion designer
 * Carl Peter Stoltenberg, merchant and shipowner
 * Petter Stordalen, businessman
 * Berit Svendsen (born 1963), business executive and engineer
 * Anne Carine Tanum (born 1954), business executive
 * Olav Thon, real estate developer
 * Johan Vaaler (1866–1910)
 * Bror With (1900–1985), inventor

World War II

 * Carl Gustav Fleischer (1883–1942), first allied general to win a major victory against the Germans in World War II (Battle of Narvik).
 * Gunvald Tomstad (1918–1970), resistance fighter/double agent (radio operator), who helped transmit axis ship movements to the allies and was partly responsible for helping discover and sink the Bismarck.
 * Jens Christian Hauge, head of Milorg
 * Johan Bernhard Hjort, Gross Kreutz group, White Buses operation
 * Leif Larsen a.k.a. "Shetland's Larsen", WWII naval officer
 * Arne Brun Lie, resistance
 * Martin Linge, commander of SOE Norwegian Independent Company 1
 * Max Manus, resistance fighter
 * Sigurd Østrem, jurist and Nazi collaborator
 * Vidkun Quisling, WWII 'prime minister' by coup d'état
 * Ole Reistad, head of Little Norway
 * Henry Rinnan, Gestapo agent, leader of Sonderabteilung Lola
 * Otto Ruge, Commander-in-Chief
 * Ludwig Schübeler, priest
 * Arvid Storsveen, resistance, leader of XU
 * Gunnar Sønsteby, resistance fighter

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