List of Famous people born in Nordland, Norway

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad
First Name Anni-Frid
Born on November 15, 1945 (age 77)
Born in Norway, Nordland

Princess Anni-Frid, Dowager Countess of Plauen, better known by her nickname Frida, is a Norwegian-Swedish singer, songwriter and environmentalist. She is best known as one of the founding members and lead singers of the Swedish pop band ABBA.

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Jens Petter Hauge

First Name Jens
Last Name Hauge
Born on October 12, 1999 (age 23)
Born in Norway, Nordland
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Jens Petter Hauge is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Italian Serie A club Milan and the Norway national team.

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Daniel-André Tande

First Name Daniel-André
Born on January 24, 1994 (age 29)
Born in Norway, Nordland

Daniel-André Tande is a Norwegian ski jumper, 2018 ski flying World Champion and 2018 team Olympic champion.

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Torstein Raaby

First Name Torstein
Born on October 6, 1918
Died on March 23, 1964 (aged 45)
Born in Norway, Nordland
Spy

Torstein Pettersen Raaby was a Norwegian telegrapher, resistance fighter and explorer. He is known as a crew member on the Kon-Tiki expedition.

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Mathias Normann

Mathias Antonsen Normann
First Name Mathias
Last Name Normann
Born on May 28, 1996 (age 27)
Born in Norway, Nordland
Height 179 cm | 5'10

Mathias Antonsen Normann is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder in Russia for Rostov.

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Patrick Berg

First Name Patrick
Last Name Berg
Born on November 24, 1997 (age 25)
Born in Norway, Nordland
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Patrick Berg is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bodø/Glimt. He is the son of former Rosenborg and Bodø/Glimt player Ørjan Berg.

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Sivert Høyem

First Name Sivert
Born on January 22, 1976 (age 47)
Born in Norway, Nordland

Sivert Høyem is a Norwegian singer, best known as the vocalist of the rock band Madrugada. After the band broke up following the death of Robert Burås in 2007, he has enjoyed success as a solo artist and is also a member of The Volunteers with whom he released the album Exiles in 2006.

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Mini Jakobsen

Jahn Ivar Jakobsen
First Name Mini
Last Name Jakobsen
Born on November 8, 1965 (age 57)
Born in Norway, Nordland
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Jahn Ivar Jakobsen, nicknamed Mini, is a Norwegian former football player (winger/forward) who has played for, amongst others, Bodø/Glimt and Rosenborg.

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Matz Sandman

First Name Matz
Last Name Sandman
Born on January 19, 1948 (age 75)
Born in Norway, Nordland

Matz Sandman is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs 1990–1991, and Minister of Children and Family Affairs in 1991. He earned a degree in economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.

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Aasmund Bjørkan

First Name Aasmund
Born on July 3, 1973 (age 49)
Born in Norway, Nordland
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Aasmund Bjørkan is a Norwegian former professional footballer who was appointed manager at Bodø/Glimt after the 2015 season. He had been the assistant of former manager Jan Halvor Halvorsen since 2013. He has previously been head coach of the First Division sides Alta and Ranheim. As a player, he played as a winger for Bodø/Glimt and Vålerenga, and won the Norwegian Cup in 1993 and 2002.

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Trond Sollied

Trond Johan Sollied is a Norwegian football manager and former player. He last managed Lokeren.

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Tom Sandberg

First Name Tom
Last Name Sandberg
Born on August 6, 1955 (age 67)
Born in Norway, Nordland
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Tom Sandberg is a former nordic combined skier from Mo i Rana, Norway who competed from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.

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Torild Skogsholm

First Name Torild
Born on October 18, 1959 (age 63)
Born in Norway, Nordland

Torhild Skogsholm is a Norwegian politician. She was Minister of Transport and Communications from 2001 to 2005. She is now the director of the Oslo tram company Oslo Sporvognsdrift.

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Olav Christopher Jenssen

First Name Olav
Born on April 2, 1954 (age 69)
Born in Norway, Nordland

Olav Christopher Jenssen is a Norwegian artist. Jenssen is considered one of the most acclaimed contemporary Norwegian artists, with a significant international career. He has for years lived and worked in Berlin. From 1996 to 2003 he was professor of painting at the Hochschule Fine Arts in Hamburg, and since 2007, he is professor of painting at the Hochschule Fine Arts in Braunschweig. In 1992, he was selected to exhibit at the prestigious exhibition documenta in Kassel, Germany.

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Dag Jostein Fjærvoll

First Name Dag
Last Name Fjærvoll
Born on January 20, 1947
Died on February 5, 2021 (aged 74)
Born in Norway, Nordland

Dag Jostein Fjærvoll is a Norwegian politician for the Christian People's Party. He was Minister of Defence 1997–1999, and Minister of Transport and Communications 1999-2000 for the Christian People's Party.

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Anette Sagen

First Name Anette
Born on January 10, 1985 (age 38)
Born in Norway, Nordland
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Anette Sagen is a Norwegian former ski jumper.

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Per Willy Guttormsen

First Name Per
Born on June 11, 1942 (age 80)
Born in Norway, Nordland
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Per Willy Guttormsen is a former Norwegian speed skater and cyclist. He was among the world's best long distance skaters in the 1960s.

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Joar Leifseth Ulsom

First Name Joar
Born on February 21, 1987 (age 36)
Born in Norway, Nordland

Joar Leifseth Ulsom is a Norwegian dog musher.

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Hill-Marta Solberg

First Name Hill-Marta
Born on November 12, 1951 (age 71)
Born in Norway, Nordland

Hill-Marta Solberg is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. During her career, she was a parliamentary representative for Nordland county from 1993-2009. She was the Minister of Health and Social Affairs for three years and then was the County Governor of Nordland county for nearly ten years. She retired on 15 November 2018.

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Eirik Evjen

First Name Eirik
Born on March 23, 1989 (age 34)
Born in Norway, Nordland
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