List of Norwegians

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)
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
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, singer, pianist, guitarist, melodica player
Hank von Helvete (real name Hans Erik Husby), singer (Turbonegro)
Tone Groven Holmboe, composer
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
Kygo (real name Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll), DJ
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
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
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

Painting and sculpture

Nils Aas, sculptor
Nikolai Astrup, painter
Andreas Bloch, painter
J.C. Dahl, painter
Bjorn Egeli, painter
Magne Furuholmen, painter, sculptor
Rolf Groven, painter
Hans Gude, painter
Theodor Kittelsen, painter
Christian Krohg, painter
Edvard Munch, painter
Odd Nerdrum, painter
Wilhelm Peters, painter
Børre Sæthre, artist
Vebjørn Sand, painter
Christian Skredsvig, 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
Espen Eckbo, comedian, actor
Harald Eia, comedian, actor
Thomas Giertsen, comedian, actor
Gunnar Haugan (1925–2009), character actor
Marit Haugan, movie actress
Solveig Haugan (1901–1953), stage and movie actress
Harald Heide-Steen Jr., comedian, actor
Per Heimly, photographer, jester
Henrik Holm, actor
Otto Jespersen, comedian
Bård Tufte Johansen, comedian
Kristoffer Joner, actor
Geir Ove Kvalheim, director
Natassia Malthe, model, actress
Lillian Müller, model, actress
Arve Opsahl, comedian, actor
Tarjei Sandvik Moe, actor
Kristopher Schau, comedian
Aud Schønemann, actress
Bjørn Sundquist, actor
Liv Ullmann, actress, film director
Ingerid Vardund, actress
Rolv Wesenlund, comedian, actor
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
John Emblem, internet personality

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
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 exploration
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
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
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, current 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
Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist
Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), mathematician
Harald Tveit Alvestrand, computer scientist
Colin Archer (1832–1921), ship builder
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen, folklorist and naturalist
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
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
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
Fred Kavli, inventor, business leader, Kavli prizes
Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon, linguist
Lars Monrad Krohn, engineer and entrepreneur
Finn E. Kydland, economist, Nobel laureate
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
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
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
Caspar Wessel (1745–1818), mathematician
Knut Yrvin, computer scientist, founder and main creator of Skolelinux
Ivar Aasen (1813–1896), linguist, nynorsk proponent
Geir Ivarsøy, co-developer of the Opera web browser
Håkon Wium Lie, computer scientist, web pioneer and inventor of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Sports

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
Sam Eyde, inventor and industrialist
John Fredriksen, shipping magnate
Stein Erik Hagen, businessman
Anders Jahre, shipping magnate
Kjell Landsverk, entrepreneur
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
Hilmar Reksten, shipping magnate
Kjell Inge Røkke, businessman and fisherman
Julie Skarland (born 1960), fashion designer
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
Arvid Storsveen, resistance, leader of XU
Gunnar Sønsteby, resistance fighter

From other categories

Sveinn Oddvar Moenia, Ambulance driver
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
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 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
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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