Mo i Rana, Nordland

1. Kenneth Braaten (1974)

Norwegian Nordic Combined Skier

Kenneth Braaten is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed from 1994 to 2005. He won the 4 x 5 km team event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano....

2. Kristin Valla (1975)

Norwegian Writer

Kristin Valla is a Norwegian writer and journalist. She now lives in Oslo. Her debut novel Muskat has been translated to several languages and to English in 2002.

3. Joachim Thomassen (1990)

Norwegian Footballer

Joachim Thomassen is a Norwegian footballer currently playing for the Norwegian side Vålerenga.

4. Albert Andreas Mørkved (1898)

Norwegian Politician

Albert Andreas Mørkved was a Norwegian lawyer judge and politician for the Liberal Party. He was born in Bodin as a son of farmers Johan Olaf Bernt Mørkved and Anna...

5. Bjørn Alterhaug (1945)

Bass Player

Bjørn Alterhaug is a Norwegian Jazz musician Music arranger and Composer.

6. Inge Myrvoll (1948)

Norwegian Politician

Inge Myrvoll is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party and trade unionist from Rana. Myrvoll graduated from secondary school in 1968. He had various jobs in the construction...

7. Guttorm Guttormsen (1950)

Jazz Saxophonist

Guttorm Guttormsen is a Norwegian Jazz musician arranger and composer.

8. Odd Anders With (1955)

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9. Trond Sollied (1959)

Norwegian Footballer And Manager

Trond Johan Sollied is a Norwegian football manager and former player. During his playing career Sollied was a defender who won the Norwegian Premier League five times. He also played...

10. Eivind Andreassen (1962)

Norwegian Footballer And Manager

Eivind Andreassen is a retired Norwegian football striker. He was born in Mo i Rana but moved to Tromsø at the age of ten. He joined the youth system of...

11. Gro Brækken (1952)

Norwegian Businesswoman

Gro Merete Brækken is a Norwegian businessperson.

12. Tor-Arne Strøm (1952)

Norwegian Politician

Tor-Arne Strøm is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 2001 and has been re-elected on two occasions. Strøm held...

13. Tom Sandberg (1955)

Norwegian Nordic Combined Skier

Tom Sandberg is a former nordic combined skier from Mo i Rana Norway who competed from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. During the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he...

14. Per Karstensen (1915)

Norwegian Politician

Per Magnus Karstensen was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party.

15. Sverre Quale (1956)

Norwegian Businessman

Sverre Quale is a Norwegian civil servant and businessperson. He grew up in Mo i Rana and currently lives in Billingstad. He is a siv. ing. by education graduating from...

16. Elin Nilsen (1968)

Cross-country Skier

Elin Nilsen is a former Norwegian Cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 2004. She won three silver medals in the 4 x 5 km at the Winter Olympics. Her...

17. Halvor Bjellaanes (1925)

Norwegian Politician

Halvor Bjellaanes was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was born in Mo i Rana. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1965 but was...

18. Kåre Rønning (1929)

Norwegian Politician

Kåre Rønning was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1973 and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously...

19. Geir Bjørklund (1969)

Science Writer

Geir Bjørklund is an independent researcher medical/health science writer journalist and editor. He is a member of various scientific organizations including The Association of Social Scientists and the World Association...

20. Anne Grete Hollup (1957)

Norwegian Writer

Anne Grete Hollup is a Norwegian novelist playwright and children's writer. She made her literary début in 1989 with the novel Maria og knivmakeren for which she was awarded the...

21. Geir Waage (1967)

Norwegian Politician

Geir Norten Waage is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. Since 2007 he is the mayor of Rana. Waage was one of the four mayors that fronted his...

22. Jan Egil Andresen (1978)

Norwegian Cross-country Skier

Jan Egil Andresen is a Norwegian cross-country skier born in Mo i Rana. He competed at the Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006 placing 27th in the 30 km and...

23. Vegar Bergli (1989)

Biathlete

Vegar Bergli is a Norwegian biathlete. He is remembered for his anchor leg in the Junior World Championships 2008 relay event where he led the Norwegian team to win a...

24. Knut Olav Åmås (1968)

Writer; Editor

Knut Olav Åmås is a Norwegian writer editor and politician for the Conservative Party. He hails from Odda. He holds a cand. philol. degree in philosophy having taken his master's...

25. Tommy Bergersen (1972)

Norwegian Footballer

Tommy Bergersen is a Norwegian football coach and former football midfielder.

26. Hans Olav Lahlum (1973)

Norwegian Chess Player

Hans Olav Lahlum is a Norwegian historian crime author chess player and organizer and politician. He has written biographies on Oscar Torp and Haakon Lie and a history book about...

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