List of people from Bergen

This is a list of famous people from Bergen, Norway.

Artists and actors

• Rolfine Absalonsen (1846–1933), actress.
• Henny Astrup (1876–1961), actress.
• Ingeborg Belling (1848–1927), actress.
• Johan Christian Dahl (1788–1857), painter.
• Tordis Halvorsen (1884–1955), actress.
• Bjarte Hjelmeland (1970–), actor
• Helge Jordal (1946–) actor.
• Elly Kjølstad (1850–1930), actress
• Frank Krog (1954–2008), actor
• Magdalene Osenbroch (1830–1854), actress.
• Daniel Simonsen, comedian, actor.
• Vegard YlvisÃ¥ker (1979–) & BÃ¥rd YlvisÃ¥ker (1982–) comedians, musicians, talk show hosts.

Authors

• Dorothe Engelbretsdotter (1634–1713) author.
• Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), playwright.
• Nicoline Thaulow (1807–1885), author
• Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807–1873) author, poet.
• 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

• Ole Bull (1810–1880), violinist, composer.
• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), composer, pianist.
• Harald Sæverud (1897–1992), composer
• Jan Eggum (1951–) singer-songwriter
• Truls Mørk (1961–) cellist
• Sissel Kyrkjebø (1969–) singer
• Magnet (musician) (1970–) musician
• Varg Vikernes (1973–) musician: Burzum/Mayhem, convicted murderer
• Kristian Espedal (1975–) musician: God Seed/Gorgororth/Gaahlskagg/Wardruna
• 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
• John Olav Nilsen (1982–) singer, songwriter
• Lars Vaular (1984–) rapper
• Christine Guldbrandsen (1985–) singer
• Marthe Wang (1990-) singer, songwriter
• Kygo (1991–) Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll, DJ, record producer
• Aurora Aksnes (1996–) singer, songwriter
• Alan Walker (1997–) producer
• KREAM (brothers Daniel and Markus Slettebakken) record producers
• Tom Cato Visnes (1974-) musician: Gorgoroth/Wardruna/King OV Hell/I/Abbath
• Olve Eikemo (1973-) musician: Immortal/Abbath/Bömbers
• Ørjan Stedjeberg (1977-) musician: Taake/Ragnarok/Gorgoroth
• Roger Tiegs (1972-) musician: Gorgoroth/Borknagar/Desekrator/Orcustus

Scientists

• 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.
• Reidar Fauske Sognnaes (1911–1984), Dean of the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine
• Søren Laland (1922–1998), biochemist
• Ivar Giaever (1929–2025) Nobel Prize in Physics laureate in 1973

Politicians

• 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

• Roald Jensen (1943–1987) football player
• Terje Hauge (1965–) football referee
• Arne Sandstø (1966–) football manager
• Mia Hundvin (1977–) handballer
• Trude Gundersen (1977–) taekwondo athlete
• 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

• 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

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