List of Famous people born in Telemark, Norway

Anders Olsen Haugen was an American ski jumper who won four national ski jumping championships. He competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix and the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Anders Haugen was the first and, as of 2016, only American to win an Olympic medal for ski jumping.

Olaf Rye was a Norwegian-Danish military officer. He died in battle during the First Schleswig War and is considered to have been a Danish war hero.

Kim Leine Rasmussen is a Danish-Norwegian author.

Søren Georg Abel was a Norwegian priest and politician, also known as the father of mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.

Enevold Steenblock Høyum was a Norwegian military officer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.