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List of people from Bergen
Summary
This is a list of
famous people from
Bergen
, Norway.
Artists and actors
edit
Johan Christian Dahl, portrait 1823
Johan Christian Dahl
(1788–1857), painter.
[1]
Helge Jordal
(1946–) actor
[2]
Elly Kjølstad
(1850–1930), actress
Frank Krog
(1954–2008), actor
Bjarte Hjelmeland
(1970–) actor
Vegard Ylvisåker
(1979–) &
Bård Ylvisåker
(1982–) comedians, musicians, talk show hosts
[3]
Daniel Simonsen
, comedian, actor
[4]
Authors
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Johan Sebastian Welhaven, portrait 1827
Dorothe Engelbretsdotter
(1634–1713) author.
[5]
Ludvig Holberg
(1684–1754), playwright.
[6]
Johan Sebastian Welhaven
(1807–1873) author, poet.
[7]
Amalie Skram
(1846–1905) author
Arnulf Øverland
(1889–1968) author
Carl Søyland
(1894–1978)
Norwegian American
editor-in-chief of
Nordisk Tidende
Nordahl Grieg
(1902–1943) poet, author
Torborg Nedreaas
(1906–1987) author and winner of the
Kritikerprisen
Babbis Friis-Baastad
(1921-1970) children's writer
Gunnar Staalesen
(1947–) author
Grethe Fatima Syéd
(born 1968), literary critic, novelist
Musicians
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Ole Bull
Edvard Grieg, 1888
Aurora Aksnes, 2022
Ole Bull
(1810–1880), violinist, composer.
[8]
Edvard Grieg
(1843–1907), composer, pianist.
[9]
Harald Sæverud
(1897–1992), composer
Jan Eggum
(1951–) singer-songwriter
Truls Mørk
(1961–) cellist
Sissel Kyrkjebø
(1969–) singer
Magnet (musician)
(1970–) musician
Roger Tiegs
(1972–) musician: Gorgoroth
Olve Eikemo
(1973–) musician: Immortal
Varg Vikernes
(1973–) musician: Burzum
Tom Cato Visnes
(1974–) musician: God Seed/Gorgororth
Kristian Espedal
(1975–) musician: God Seed/Gorgororth
Erlend Øye
(1975–) musician
Eirik Glambek Bøe
(1975–) musician
Kurt Nilsen
(1978-) musician, singer-songwriter
Anne Lilia Berge Strand
(1978–) musician
Einar Selvik
(1979-) musician: Gorgoroth/Wardruna
Sondre Lerche
(1982–) musician
Lars Vaular
(1984–) rapper
Christine Guldbrandsen
(1985–) singer
Marthe Wang
(1990-) singer-songwriter
Kygo
(1991–) Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll, DJ, record producer
[10]
Aurora Aksnes
(1996–) singer, songwriter
Sigrid
(1996–) singer-songwriter
Alan Walker
(1997–) producer
[11]
KREAM
(brothers Daniel and Markus Slettebakken) record producers
Scientists
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Ivar Giæver, 2010
Gerhard Armauer Hansen
(1841–1912)
leprosy
researcher
Leonhard Hess Stejneger
(1851–1943)
ornithologist
,
herpetologist
and zoologist
Hans Henrik Reusch
(1852–1922) a geologist, geomorphologist and educator.
[12]
Reidar Fauske Sognnaes
(1911–1984), Dean of the
Harvard University
School of Dental Medicine
Ivar Giaever
(born 1929)
Nobel Prize in Physics
laureate in 1973
Politicians
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Christian Michelsen
Trond Torleivsson Benkestok
(1490–1558) nobleman
Georg Wallace
(1804-1890) elected to the Storting in 1850 for Bergen
Christian Wilhelm Wisbech
(1832–1897) elected to parliament in 1883 and 1889
Christian Michelsen
(1857–1925) ship owner,
Prime Minister of Norway
Albert Viljam Hagelin
(1881–1946), politician for the
Nasjonal Samling
Ingvald B. Aase
(1882–1948) trade unionist and politician for the Labour and Communist parties
Carl Joachim Hambro
(1885–1964) politician, President of Parliament
Gulbrand Lunde
(1901–1942), politician for the
Nasjonal Samling
Erna Solberg
(1961- ) 28th
Prime Minister of Norway
Marte Mjøs Persen
(1975- ), member of the
Cabinet of Norway
Sport
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Kristian Blummenfelt, Rio 2016
Roald Jensen
(1943–1987) football player
Terje Hauge
(1965–) football referee
Arne Sandstø
(1966–) football manager
Mia Hundvin
(1977–) handballer
Erik Huseklepp
(1984–) football player
Nils Jakob Hoff
(1985–) rower
Alexander Dale Oen
(1985–2012) swimmer
Magnus Midtbø
(1988–) climber
Maren Mjelde
(1989–) football player
Jakob Glesnes
(1994–) football player
Renate Blindheim
(1994–) football manager
Vilde Bøe Risa
(1995–) football player
Gustav Iden
(1996–) triathlete
Kristian Blummenfelt
(1994-) triathlete
Others
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Ulrik Vilhelm Koren
(1826–1910)
Norwegian-American
Lutheran church leader
Tryggve Gran
(1889–1980) aviator
Leif Andreas Larsen
(1906–1990) naval officer
Max Manus
(1914–1981) decorated resistance-fighter
Terje Rød-Larsen
(1947–) diplomat, sociologist
Peter Sunde
(1978–) entrepreneur,
The Pirate Bay
El Rubius
(1990–) Rubén Gundersen, YouTube personality, the
49th most subscribed on YouTube
References
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"Dahl, Johann Christian"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 731.
^
IMDb Database retrieved 18 February 2021
^
IMDb Database retrieved 18 February 2021
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IMDb Database retrieved 18 February 2021
^
"Engelbrechtsdatter, Dorthe"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 405.
^
Gosse, Edmund William
(1911).
"Holberg, Ludvig Holberg, Baron"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). pp. 580–581.
^
"Welhaven, Johann Sebastian Cammermeyer"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 504.
^
"Bull, Ole Bornemann"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 787.
^
"Grieg, Edvard Hagerup"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 593–594.
^
IMDb Database retrieved 18 February 2021
^
IMDb Database retrieved 18 February 2021
^
"Reusch, Hans Henrik"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 209.