1. Hans Gude (1825)

Norwegian Romanticist Landscape

Norwegian painter who painted landscapes and who was a proponent of Norwegian National Romanticism.

2. Sverre Hassel (1876)

Norwegian Explorer

Remembered as one of the first explorers to travel to the South Pole, he made his historic journey along with fellow adventurers Helmer Hanssen, Roald Amundsen, Oscar Wisting, and Olav...

3. Harriet Bosse (1878)

Actor

She married playwright August Strindberg and was the muse and subject of many of his famous works.

4. Roald Larsen (1898)

Speed Skater

Norwegian speed skater who won six Olympic medals, including two silvers and four bronzes.

5. Lars Onsager (1903)

Physical Chemist

Norwegian-born American physical chemist and theoretical physicist who was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the quantization of magnetic flux in metals.

6. Rolf Jacobsen (1907)

Poet

Norwegian modernist poet whose nature-versus-technology-themed works include Ord og jern (Earth and Iron) and Pass for dorene - dorene lukkes (Mind the Doors - The Doors are Closing). His popular...

7. Sonja Henie (1912)

Norwegian Figure Skater

Norwegian Olympic skater who acted in popular Hollywood musicals, such as The Countess of Monte Cristo.

8. Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899)

Cross-country Skier

Johan Grøttumsbråten was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country. Dominating both events in the 1920s and early 1930s he won several medals in the early Winter...

9. Annie Skau Berntsen (1911)

Norwegian Missionary

Annie Skau Berntsen also known as Sister Annie was a Norwegian missionary who served in China and Hong Kong.

10. Magli Elster (Unknow)

Norwegian Writer

Magli Elster was a Norwegian psychoanalyst literary critic poet and translator. She was the daughter of psychologist Ola Raknes and poet and playwright Aslaug Vaa married to writer and Director-General...

11. Dagmar von Mutius (1919)

German Writer

Dagmar von Mutius was a German writer.

12. Trond Eliassen (1922)

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13. Alf Bonnevie Bryn (1889)

Norwegian Engineer Golfer And Wr

Alf Bonnevie Bryn was a Norwegian patent engineer mountaineer golf player novelist and non-fiction writer.

14. Richard Peterson (1884)

Actor

15. Sigurd Haanes (1913)

Norwegian Ski Jumper

Sigurd Clausen Haanes was a Norwegian ski jumper and pilot. He was born in Kristiania as the son of Thorgny Haanes and his wife Hedvig Kristine Clausen and resided in...

16. Trygve Smith (1880)

Tennis Player

Trygve Smith was a Norwegian tennis player. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

17. Christian Magnus Falsen (1782)

Norwegian Judge

Christian Magnus Falsen was a Norwegian constitutional father statesman jurist and historian. He was an important member of the constitutional assembly and was one of the writers of the constitutional...

18. Christian Homann Schweigaard (1838)

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Christian Homann Schweigaard was a Norwegian Supreme Court lawyer and politician. He was the Prime Minister for three months in 1884 a period after the impeachment of Prime Minister Christian...

19. Carl Valentin Falsen (1787)

Norwegian Politician

Carl Valentin Falsen was a Norwegian civil servant and politician.

20. Carl Berner (1841)

Norwegian Politician

Carl Christian Berner was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1891–92 and Norwegian Minister of Education and Church...

21. Carl Viggo Lange (1904)

Norwegian Politician

Carl Viggo Manthey Lange was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Kristiania as a son of Christian Lous Lange and Bertha Manthey and...

22. Christian Fredrik Michelet (politician) (1863)

Norwegian Politician

Christian Fredrik Michelet was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Christiania as a son of colonel Georg Ove von Ramel Michelet and Anna...

23. Dag Ramsøy Bryn (1909)

Norwegian Diplomat

Dag Ramsøy Bryn was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Oslo. He served as state secretary in the Ministry of Defence from 1947...

24. Nicolai Schejtli (1753)

Member Of The Norwegian Constitu

Nicolai Schejtli was a Norwegian politician. He represented Drammen at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. He was also a member of the Parliament of Norway in 1818.

25. Carl Ferdinand Andresen (1824)

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26. Lorentz Brinch (1910)

Norwegian Politician

Lorentz Wilhelm Brinch was a Norwegian barrister military officer banker and politician for the Conservative Party.

27. Carl Otto Løvenskiold (1839)

Norwegian Politician

Carl Otto Løvenskiold was a Norwegian naval officer politician and land owner. He was a Prime Minister in Stockholm in 1884 and a member of the Parliament from 1889 to...

28. Brynjulf Bull (1906)

Norwegian Politician

Brynjulf Friis Bull was a Norwegian lawyer Supreme Court advocate and Mayor of Oslo. Brynjulf Bull was born in Kristiania and brought up in Alfaset in Oslo's Grorud Valley.

29. Viggo Hansteen (1900)

Norwegian Lawyer

Harald Viggo Hansteen was a Norwegian lawyer who was executed by the National Socialist German Workers' Partys during the five-year Occupation of Norway by National Socialist German Workers' Party Germany.

30. Lars Larsen (1876)

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31. Bjørn Ousland (1959)

Illustrator And Children's W

Bjørn Ousland is a Norwegian illustrator children's writer and comics writer. His breakthrough was the album series Solruns saga from 1988 to 1993. Among his later albums are Mumle Gåsegg...

32. Herman Løvenskiold (1869)

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33. Anna Stang (1834)

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34. Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt (1852)

Norwegian Politician

Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Kristiania as the son of Nils Lorentz Vogt and his wife Karen...

35. Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop (1818)

Norwegian Politician

Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop was a Norwegian Lutheran bishop and politician. He was a brother of Bernhard Ludvig Essendrop. Essendrop was the bishop of the Diocese of Tromsø from 1861...

36. Jens Evensen (1917)

Norwegian Politician

Jens Ingebret Evensen was a Norwegian lawyer judge politician trade minister international offshore rights expert member of the International Law Commission and judge at the International Court of Justice in...

37. Emil Aubert (1811)

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38. Christian Theodor Holtfodt (1863)

Norwegian Politician

Christian Theodor Holtfodt was a Norwegian officer and a politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Defense 1914-1919. He was said to be Norway's most independent man and...

39. Johannes Berg Thrane (1779)

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40. Lorentz Vogt (1883)

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41. Aase Bjerkholt (1915)

Norwegian Politician

Aase Ingerid Nathalie Bjerkholt was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Oslo. She was consultative councillor of state for family and consumer affairs during the...

42. Jacob Nielsen (1768)

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43. Arnold Christopher Ræstad (1878)

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44. Hans Gottfried Wang (1795)

Norwegian Politician

Hans Gottfried Wang was a Norwegian politician. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1851 representing the constituency of Tønsberg. He worked as a newspaper published there. He served...

45. Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner (1806)

Norwegian Politician

gang Wenzel von Haffner was a Norwegian naval officer and politician.

46. Ludvig Aubert (1838)

Norwegian Politician

Ludvig Mariboe Benjamin Aubert was a Norwegian jurist and politician son of Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert. As a teacher of law from 1866 onwards he published noted works of legal...

47. Gunnar Alf Larsen (1919)

Norwegian Politician

Gunnar Alf Larsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Oslo. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1965 and was re-elected...

48. Anton Skulberg (1921)

Norwegian Politician

Anton Skulberg was a Norwegian scientist and politician for the Centre Party. He was born in Kristiania as a son of Ragnvald Skulberg and housewife Anna Marie Busch. Between 9...

49. Arne Ording (1898)

Norwegian Historian And Politici

Arne Ording was a Norwegian historian and politician for Mot Dag and the Labour Party.

50. Rolf Gerhardsen (1902)

Norwegian Politician And Newspap

Rolf Eilert Gerhardsen was a Norwegian journalist and leader of the Oslo branch of the Norwegian Labour Party. He was born in Kristiania as a son of Gerhard Olsen and...