List of Famous people born in Oslo Municipality, Norway
Jarl Magnus Riiber
Jarl Magnus Riiber is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2014.
Bjørn Einar Romøren
Bjørn Einar Romøren is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 2001 to 2014. His career highlights include eight individual World Cup wins, two ski flying world records, and a team bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Bjørn Einar is the younger brother of Jan-Erik Romøren, best known by the stage name Nag, frontman of black metal band Tsjuder.
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy is a Norwegian musician and songwriter. He was named Knights First Class of the Order of St. Olav by King Harald for his services to Norwegian music and his international success. Pål Savoy is best known for his work as the main songwriter and guitarist in the Norwegian pop band A-ha. He has written or co-written most of the band's biggest hits, including "The Sun Always Shines on T.V.", "Hunting High and Low", "Take On Me", the James Bond theme "The Living Daylights" and the ballad "Summer Moved On". In addition, Waaktaar-Savoy is also a painter. The band A-ha has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.
Christopher Dahl
Christopher John Dahl was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Anders Lundgren
Anders Lundgren was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Hans Christer Holund
Hans Christer Holund is a Norwegian cross-country skier who represents Lyn.
Christian O'Sullivan
Christian O'Sullivan is a Norwegian handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Norwegian national team.
Jakob Oftebro
Jakob Hoff Oftebro is a Norwegian actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 2004 including Hamilton and Kon-Tiki, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards.
Thomas Ebbesen
Thomas Ebbesen is a franco-norwegian physical chemist and professor at the University of Strasbourg in France, known for his pioneering work in nanoscience. He received the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience “for transformative contributions to the field of nano-optics that have broken long-held beliefs about the limitations of the resolution limits of optical microscopy and imaging”, together with Stefan Hell, and Sir John Pendry in 2014.
Maja Lunde
Maja Lunde, is a Norwegian writer.