List of Famous people born in Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Gøran Sørloth
Gøran Sørloth is a Norwegian former footballer. He was one of the best strikers in Norwegian football during the late eighties and early nineties.
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Kjell Magne Bondevik is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician. As leader of the Christian Democratic Party, he served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005, making him Norway's longest serving non-Labour Party prime minister since World War II. Currently, Bondevik is president of the Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights.
Ola Kvernberg
Ola Kvernberg is a Norwegian jazz musician known for his virtuosic string swing violin playing and his international performances. He is the son of traditional musicians Liv Rypdal Kvernberg and Torbjørn Kvernberg, and the brother of traditional musicians Kari Kvernberg Dajani and fiddler Jorun Marie Kvernberg, and grandson of the fiddler and traditional music composer Peter L. Rypdal. Kvernberg studied classical violin from the age of nine, and won 3rd prize in a great classical violin competition in Italy when he was fourteen.
Inger Aufles
Inger Aufles is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970s. She won three Winter Olympic medals with a gold and two bronzes. Aufles also earned a silver in the 3 × 5 km relay at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo. She won the national championships in 1968 and 1969, in the 10 km and 5 km respectively.
Per Ivar Moe
Per Ivar Moe is a former speed skater from Norway.
Erling Moe
Erling Hagset Moe is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He is the manager of the Norwegian Eliteserien club Molde FK. In his active playing career, Moe played for Træff until he was aged 26 years.
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen is a Norwegian politician, MP for the Conservative Party who has served as Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion since January 2020. He previously served as Minister of Trade and Industry from 2018 to 2020 and Minister of Education and Research from October 2013 to January 2018; except from September to November 2017 when he was on parental leave and his duties were undertaken by Henrik Asheim.
Bjørn Johan Muri
Bjørn Johan Muri is a Norwegian singer known for having taken part in Series 5 Idol in 2007 where he came runner-up.
Trond Fredriksen
Trond Fredriksen is a football coach and former Norwegian footballer. He is a former football midfielder and former manager for Aalesunds FK.
Eivind Reiten
Eivind Kristofer Reiten is a Norwegian economist, corporate officer and politician for the Centre Party. He served as Minister of Fisheries from 1985-1986 and Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1989-1990, before entering a career in business. Reiten served as the Director General (CEO) of Norsk Hydro between 2001 and 2009, after which he took up the chairmanship of Norske Skog. Eivind Reiten was also Chairman of StatoilHydro for four days until he resigned from his position after Norsk Hydro had been accused of corruption.