List of Famous people born in Bergen, Norway
Per Lothar Lindtner
Per Lothar Lindtner is a Norwegian politician. Lindtner was the head of the Communist Party of Norway from 1993 to 2001, serving in a collective leadership with Terje Krogh and Kjell Underlid from 1993 to 1998, and with Underlid from 1998 to 2000. He is a member of the party's Hordaland unit. He headed the party's ticket in Hordaland in the 2001 Norwegian parliamentary election.
Johan Christian Dahl
Johan Christian Claussen Dahl, often known as J. C. Dahl or I. C. Dahl, was a Norwegian artist who is considered the first great romantic painter in Norway, the founder of the "golden age" of Norwegian painting, and, by some, one of the greatest European artists of all time. He is often described as "the father of Norwegian landscape painting" and is regarded as the first Norwegian painter to reach a level of artistic accomplishment comparable to that attained by the greatest European artists of his day. He was also the first to acquire genuine fame and cultural renown abroad. As one critic has put it, "J.C. Dahl occupies a central position in Norwegian artistic life of the first half of the 19th century.
Stian Remme
Stian Remme is a Norwegian former professional racing cyclist.
Edvard Hagerup Bull
Edvard Hagerup Bull was a Norwegian jurist and assessor of the Supreme Court of Norway. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and government official with the Conservative Party of Norway.
Thorolf Rafto
Thorolf Rafto was a human rights activist and professor in Economic History at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen, Norway. The Rafto Foundation for Human Rights was established in gratitude for his efforts and inspiration.
Klaus Hanssen
Klaus Hanssen was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Liberal Party and the Coalition Party.
Tor Endresen
Tor Lars Oskar Endresen is a Norwegian singer and composer.
Geir Hartly Andreassen
Geir Hartly Andreassen, FSF is a Norwegian cinematographer based in Stockholm, Sweden. His work includes The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), Kon Tiki (2012), Max Manus (2008), Lange Flate Ballær I and II, and Darling (2007).
Peter Lexau Grieg
Nils Handal
Nils Kristoffer Handal was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.