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This is a list of notable people from Norway.
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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
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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
- 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
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References
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1903". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- 1 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.
- 1 2 "The top 100 books of all time". The Guardian. 8 May 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1920". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ↑ Bloom, Harold (1994). "Ibsen: Trolls and Peer Gynt". The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. pp. 350–367. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4.
- ↑ "Why Karl Ove Knausgaard Can't Stop Writing". The Wall Street Journal. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
Since the emergence of the six volumes of My Struggle, which began in 2009 and continues as the books are translated into dozens of languages, Karl Ove Knausgaard, 46, has become one of the 21st century's greatest literary sensations.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1928". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ↑ Gombrich, E. H. (2006). The Story of Art (16th ed.). Phaidon. p. 437. ISBN 978-0714847030.
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