List of Famous people born in Bergen, Norway
Kjell Stormoen
Kjell Stormoen was a Norwegian actor, scenographer and theatre director.
Thor Pedersen
Thor Inge Oluf Pedersen was a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal in men's eight at the 1948 Summer Olympics, as a member of the Norwegian team.
Arne Lofthus
Arne Lofthus was a Norwegian painter who settled in Denmark.
Morten Tyldum
Morten Tyldum is a Norwegian film director. He is best known in his native Norway for directing the thriller film Headhunters (2011), based on the novel by Jo Nesbø, and internationally for directing the historical drama The Imitation Game (2014), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, and the science fiction drama Passengers (2016).
Andreas Michael Heiberg
Andreas Michael Heiberg was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.
Jacob Erik Lange
Jacob Erik Lange was a Norwegian military officer and politician.
Thomas Konow
Thomas Konow was a Norwegian naval officer and politician. He was a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.
Kristofer Lehmkuhl
Kristofer Diedrich Lehmkuhl was a Norwegian politician from Bergen. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1903 and became the Minister of Labour in 1905 and from 1905 to 1907. He did not seek reelection in 1906.
Harald Grieg
Harald Grieg was a Norwegian publisher. He was director of Gyldendal Norsk Forlag and for many years was a leading figure in the Norwegian book industry.
Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen, better known as Christian Michelsen, was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of independent Norway from 1905 to 1907. Michelsen is most known for his central role in the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905, and was one of Norway's most influential politicians of his time.