List of Famous people born in Norway
girl in red
Girl in Red is the indie pop music project of Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer Marie Ulven. She rose to prominence with her homemade bedroom pop songs about queer romance and mental health featured on the early EPs Chapter 1 (2018) and Chapter 2 (2019). Her debut studio album If I Could Make It Go Quiet, was released through AWAL on 30 April 2021.
Stine Bredal Oftedal
Stine Bredal Oftedal is a Norwegian handball player for Győri Audi ETO KC and the Norwegian national team, where she is the team captain.
Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée
Liv Grete Skjelbreid from Hålandsdal, Fusa, near the city of Bergen in western Norway, is a former professional biathlete. On 20 March 2006, Liv Grete announced her retirement, effective at the end of the season which ended on 26 March at the Holmenkollen. She said that she was retiring because of her young daughter, Emma, her family and because she did not have the motivation to continue.
Kristoffer Ajer
Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Brentford. Ajer has previously played for Start in the Tippeligaen and Celtic in the Scottish Premiership, where he also had a loan spell with Kilmarnock. Ajer played as a midfielder when he was at Start but when he was at Celtic he switched to a defender, presumably due to his height.
Nora Mørk
Nora Mørk is a Norwegian handball player for Vipers Kristiansand and the Norwegian national team.
Christian Berge
Christian Berge is a Norwegian former handball player and current coach of the Norwegian national team.
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Emil Hegle Svendsen is a retired Norwegian biathlete. He has won eight medals at Winter Olympics and five individual gold medals and seven relay gold medals at World Championships.
Ola Kamara
Ola Williams Kamara is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for D.C. United in MLS. He plays as a striker, and has also played for Stabæk, Hønefoss, Strømsgodset, Molde, Austria Wien, TSV 1860 München, Columbus Crew SC, LA Galaxy and Shenzhen. Kamara’s father is from Sierra Leone and his mother is Norwegian. He has represented Norway at the youth and senior international levels.
Omar Elabdellaoui
Omar Elabdellaoui is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right back and as a right midfielder for Turkish club Galatasaray. He also captains the Norway national team.
Martin Linnes
Martin Linnes is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Turkish club Galatasaray. A versatile player, he also played as a left-back, central midfielder, right midfielder and right winger.