List of Famous people born in Norway

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

Kurt Asle Arvesen is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2011. Arvesen is from Eresfjord, Nesset. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships five times, as well as stages in each of the three Grand Tours.

Johan Vincent Galtung is a Norwegian sociologist, and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies.

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).

Turbonegro is a Norwegian rock band, active from 1989 to 1998, and 2002 to the present. The band combines glam rock, punk rock and hard rock into a self-described "deathpunk" musical style.

Nils Aage Jegstad is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

Sigurd Olsen Moen was a Norwegian speed skater and Olympic medalist. He was born in Krødsherad, and represented the club Drammens SK. He won a bronze medal in 1500m at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.

Elisabeth Aspaker is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and she is the current county governor of Troms og Finnmark county. She was also the Minister of European Affairs from 2015-2016 and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2013 to 2016. From 2013 to 2015, she also served as Minister of Fisheries.

Ole Haabeth is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Svein Magnus Munkejord is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was personal secretary to the Minister of Fisheries 1981–1983, state secretary to the Minister of Fisheries 1984–1985, and Minister of Fisheries 1989–1990.