List of Famous people born in Oslo Municipality, Norway
Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Martin Johnsrud Sundby is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 2003. He is the silver medalist of the 2010 Winter Olympics in the team relay and the bronze medalist of the 2014 Winter Olympics in the 30 km skiathlon. In 2014, he became the first Norwegian to win the Tour de Ski.
Bjarte Myrhol
Bjarte Håkon Myrhol is a Norwegian handballer for Skjern Håndbold and the Norway men's national handball team.
Magnus Abelvik Rød
Magnus Abelvik Rød is a Norwegian handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Norwegian national team.
Vaadjuv Nyqvist
Vaadjuv Dag Nyqvist was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Niklas Castro
Niklas Fernando Nygård Castro is a football forward who currently plays for Aalesund. Born in Norway, Castro represents the Chile national team.
Karl Ove Knausgård
Karl Ove Knausgård is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for six autobiographical novels, titled My Struggle. He has been described as "one of the 21st century's greatest literary sensations" by the Wall Street Journal. Since the completion of the My Struggle series in 2011, he has also published an autobiographical series entitled The Seasons Quartet, as well as critical work on the art of Edvard Munch.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway is the elder child of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit. She is second in line to succeed her grandfather King Harald V. A member of the House of Glücksburg, she is expected to become the country's second female monarch, after the 15th-century Queen Margaret.
Magne Furuholmen
Magne Furuholmen is a Norwegian musician and visual artist. He was named Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav by King Harald for his services to Norwegian music and his international success. Furuholmen, better known to music fans by his stage name Mags, is the keyboardist of the synthpop/rock band A-ha, and co-wrote hits such as "Take On Me", "Stay on These Roads", "Manhattan Skyline", "Cry Wolf", "Forever Not Yours", "Analogue ", "Minor Earth Major Sky", "Touchy!", "You Are the One", "Move To Memphis" and "Foot of the Mountain". The band A-ha has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.
Hanna Bredal Oftedal
Hanna Oftedal Sagosen is a retired Norwegian handball player who most recently played for the Danish club Silkeborg-Voel KFUM. She also represented Norway in the 2013 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 4th, and in the 2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, placing 9th.
Siv Jensen
Siv Jensen is a Norwegian politician and leader of the Progress Party since 2006. She also held the position as Minister of Finance from 2013 to 2020 in the Solberg Cabinet. She has been a member of the Norwegian parliament from Oslo since 1997.