This is a list of notable people from Norway.

Art

• Ingvar Ambjørnsen, author
• Kjell Aukrust, author
• Olav Aukrust, poet
• Ari Behn, author, and husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
• Svein Berge, musician (Röyksopp)
• Jens Bjørneboe, author
• Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, author
• Johan Borgen, author
• Torbjørn Brundtland, musician (Röyksopp)
• Ole Bull, violinist
• Ivo Caprino, animation film creator
• Lars Saabye Christensen, author
• J.C. Dahl , painter
• Olav Duun, author
• Harald Eia, comedian, actor
• Johan Falkberget , author
• Kjartan Fløgstad , author
• Erik Fosnes Hansen, author
• Jan Garbarek, musician
• Arne Garborg, author
• Hulda Garborg, author
• Edvard Grieg, composer
• Eivind Groven, composer
• Sigmund Groven , harmonica virtuoso, composer
• Hans Gude , painter
• Jostein Gaarder, novelist
• Kjell Hallbing, author
• Johan Halvorsen, composer
• Per Heimly, photographer, jester
• Hans Herbjørnsrud, author
• Knut Hamsun, author
• Ludvig Holberg, playwright
• Henrik Ibsen, playwright
• Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician
• Roy Jacobsen, author
• Otto Jespersen, comedian
• Bård Tufte Johansen , comedian
• Alexander Kielland, author
• Jan Kjærstad, author
• Wilhelm Krag, author
• Christian Krogh , painter
• Sissel Kyrkjebø, singer
• Sondre Lerche, singer
• Jonas Lie, author
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad, singer (ABBA)
• Maria Mena, pop singer
• Arild Midthun , cartoonist
• Edvard Munch, painter
• Øyvind Mustafarta , musician (Dimmu Borgir)
• Lise Myhre , cartoonist
• Odd Nerdrum, painter
• Kurt Nilsen, pop singer ("World Idol" winner)
• Arne Nordheim, modernist composer
• Rikard Nordraak, composer
• John Norum, guitarist
• Alf Prøysen, author and musician
• Vebjørn Sand , painter
• Margit Sandemo , author
• Axel Sandemose , author
• Gabriel Scott , author
• Harald Sæverud, composer
• Stian Thorensen , musician (Dimmu Borgir)
• Adolph Tiedemand , painter
• Geirr Tveitt, composer
• Liv Ullmann, actress
• Sigrid Undset, author
• Tarjei Vesaas, author
• Gustav Vigeland, sculptor
• Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, author
• Jan Erik Vold , poet
• Herbjørg Wassmo , author
• Henrik Wergeland, author
• Johan Herman Wessel, poet
• Peter Wessel Zapffe, writer and philosopher
• Harald Zwart, film director
• Frode Øverli, cartoonist

See also:

• Music of Norway

Exploration

• Roald Amundsen, polar explorer, first to reach the South Pole
• Bernt Balchen, general and polar aviation pioneer
• Samuel Balto, arctic explorer
• Tryggve Gran , aviator, made the first solo flight across the North Sea
• Thor Heyerdahl, explorer and anthropologist
• Helge Ingstad, explorer, first to prove ≈1000 AD Viking settlements in America
• Hjalmar Johansen, polar explorer
• Erling Kagge , polar solo adventurer, climber
• Fridtjof Nansen, arctic explorer, scientist and international statesman
• Børge Ousland , polar solo adventurer
• Finn Rønne, Norwegian-American antarctic explorer
• Otto Sverdrup, arctic explorer

Politics

• Kjell Magne Bondevik
• Per Borten
• Gro Harlem Brundtland
• Kristin Krohn Devold
• Odd Einar Dørum
• Jan Egeland, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
• Jens Evensen
• Per-Kristian Foss
• Carl I. Hagen
• Kristin Halvorsen
• C. J. Hambro
• Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
• Marianne Heiberg
• Johan Jørgen Holst
• Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician
• Mona Juul, diplomat
• Trygve Lie, first UN Secretary-General
• Christian Michelsen, nation builder
• Johan Nygaardsvold
• Jan Petersen
• Vidkun Quisling, quisling archetype
• Terje Rød-Larsen, diplomat
• Erna Solberg
• Lars Sponheim
• Jens Stoltenberg
• Thorvald Stoltenberg
• Kåre Willoch
• See also:
  • List of Norwegian Prime Ministers
  • List of Norwegian monarchs

Science and engineering

• Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician
• Harald Tveit Alvestrand, computer scientist
• Colin Archer, ship builder
• Kristian Birkeland, physicist and industrialist
• Vilhelm Bjerknes, meteorologist, father of modern weather forecasting
• Viggo Brun, mathematician
• Sophus Bugge, linguist
• Fredrik Rosing Bull, data processing pioneer
• Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist, Turing Award laureate
• Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, dermatologist
• Sam Eyde, inventor and industrialist
• Ragnar Frisch, economist, Nobel laureate
• Ivar Giaever, physicist, biologist, Nobel laureate
• Gerhard Armauer Hansen, discoverer of the leprosy bacterium
• Trygve Haavelmo, economist, Nobel laureate
• Christopher Hansteen, physicist and astronomer
• Anne Stine Ingstad, archaeologist
• Jon Johansen, computer programmer/hacker
• Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon, linguist
• Lars Monrad Krohn, engineer and entrepreneur
• Finn E. Kydland, economist, Nobel laureate
• Håkon Wium Lie, computer scientist
• Sophus Lie, mathematician
• Jan Mossin, financial economist
• P. A. Munch, historian
• Kristen Nygaard, computer scientist, Turing Award laureate
• Arne Næss, philosopher
• Lars Onsager, physical chemist, Nobel laureate
• Sverre Petterssen, meteorologist
• Erik S. Reinert, heterodox economist
• Atle Selberg, mathematician, Fields Medal laureate
• Eilert Sundt, sociologist
• Georg Sverdrup, linguist
• Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist
• Ludwig Sylow, mathematician
• Vebjørn Tandberg, engineer and industrialist
• Niels Treschow, philosopher
• Johan Vaaler, inventor
• Caspar Wessel, mathematician
• Ivar Aasen, linguist

Sports

• Thomas Alsgaard, cross-country skier
• Berit Aunli , cross-country skier
• Ole Einar Bjørndalen, biathlete
• Eugen Bjørnstad (Björnstad) Grand Prix racecar driver
• Oddvar Brå , cross-country skier
• John Carew, football player
• Bjørn Dæhlie, cross-country skier
• Nils Arne Eggen, football coach
• Stein Eriksen, alpine skier
• Tore André Flo, football player
• Ailo Gaup , pro FMX motorcyclist
• Linn Githmark, curler
• Stian Grimseth, weightlifter
• Åge Hareide, football player and coach
• Trine Hattestad, javelin thrower
• Sonja Henie, figure skater and movie star
• Nila Håkedal, beach volleyball player
• Terje Håkonsen , snowboarder
• Bjørg Eva Jensen , speed skater
• Lasse Kjus, alpine skier
• Espen Knutsen , ice hockey player
• Johann Olav Koss, speed skater
• Ingrid Kristiansen, long distance runner
• Cecilie Leganger , handball keeper
• Roar Ljøkelsøy , ski jumper
• Sondre Norheim, pioneer skier
• Dordi Nordby, curler
• Egil "Drillo" Olsen, football player and coach
• Sigurd Pettersen, ski jumper
• Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée, biathlete
• John Arne Riise, football player
• Bente Skari , cross-country skier
• Petter Solberg, rally driver
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær, football player
• Robert Sørlie, dogsled racer
• Heidi Tjugum , handball keeper
• Kari Traa, freestyle skier
• Pål Trulsen, curler
• Ingrid Tørlen , beach volleyball player
• Pål Anders Ullevålseter , rally motorcyclist
• Vegard Ulvang, cross-country skier
• Grete Waitz, long distance runner
• Bjørn Wirkola, ski jumper
• Kjetil André Aamodt, alpine skier

Other

• Simen Agdestein, chess player
• Johannes Berg, central fandom figure
• Sigval Bergesen d.y., shipping magnate
• Magnus Carlsen, chess player
• Eva Joly , judge
• Christian Lous Lange, internationalist
• Leif Larsen, Shetland's Larsen, WWII naval officer
• Jens Christian Hauge, head of Milorg
• Martin Linge, commander of SOE Norwegian Independent Company 1
• Max Manus, WWII resistance fighter
• Eigil Nansen, humanist and architect
• Arne Næss Jr., businessman and mountaineer
• Arne Rinnan, captain of MV Tampa
• Kjell Inge Røkke, businessman
• Åsne Seierstad, journalist
• Arvid Storsveen, WWII resistance, leader of XU
• Asbjørn Sunde , WWII resistance fighter
• Gunnar Sønsteby, WWII resistance fighter
• Arne Treholt, civil servant, spy, businessman
• Turi Widerøe , aviatrix

See also

• List of people by nationality
• List of Norwegian-Americans