List of Famous people born in Troms og Finnmark fylke, Norway

Torbjørn Brundtland

First Name Torbjørn
Born on May 10, 1975 (age 50)

Torbjørn Brundtland is a Norwegian musician, who is a member of the duo Röyksopp. He was born in Tromsø, Norway.

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Christin Kristoffersen

First Name Christin
Last Name Kristoffersen
Born on August 28, 1973 (age 52)

Christin Kristoffersen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Since 2011, she has been mayor of Longyearbyen.

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Per-Willy Amundsen

Per-Willy Trudvang Amundsen
First Name Per-Willy
Born on January 21, 1971 (age 55)

Per-Willy Trudvang Amundsen is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who served as Minister of Justice from December 2016 to January 2018. He previously served as state secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development from 2013, and represented Troms in the Norwegian parliament from 2005 until 2013.

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Svein Berge

First Name Svein
Born on February 17, 1976 (age 50)

Svein Berge is a Norwegian electronic musician who makes up half of the duo Röyksopp.

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Bjarte Engen Vik

First Name Bjarte
Born on March 3, 1971 (age 55)
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Bjarte Engen Vik is a former Norwegian nordic combined athlete. He won the FIS World Cup overall twice, in 1997/98 and 1998/99 with a total of 24 wins. He also has eight medals from the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with five golds, and three silvers. He also won a bronze medal in the Norwegian championship in ski jumping. His consecutive wins in the Individual Gundersen at the Nordic skiing World Championships in 1999 and 2001 were the first since Oddbjørn Hagen did it in 1934 and 1935.

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Odd Børre

First Name Odd
Born on August 9, 1939 (age 86)

Odd Børre Sørensen is a former Norwegian pop singer. He was better known by his stage name of Odd Børre. Internationally, he is best known for the song "Stress" that he performed in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1968. He sang in the Kjell Karlsen's Orchestra (1962–70) and was releasing singles during that period. He retired from full-time professional singing in 1970 and became an insurance company agent. After retiring in the early 2000s (decade) Odd Børre teamed up again with Kjell Karlsen and is currently performing.

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Mattis Hætta

First Name Mattis
Last Name Hætta
Born on March 15, 1959 (age 67)

Mattis Hætta is a Norwegian Sami singer and recording artist.

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Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen

First Name Karl
Last Name Schjøtt-Pedersen
Born on October 3, 1959 (age 66)

Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, and was a parliamentary representative for Finnmark from 1985 to 2009. He served as Minister of Fisheries from 1996 to 1997 and Minister of Finance from 2000 to 2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Pedersen was Chief of Staff at the Office of the Prime Minister and a member of the Cabinet from 2006 to 2013. From 2015 to 2020 he was the CEO at Norwegian Oil and Gas.

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Elisabeth Aspaker

First Name Elisabeth
Born on October 16, 1962 (age 63)

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.

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Haldor Lægreid

First Name Haldor
Born on March 30, 1970 (age 56)

Haldor Lægreid is a Norwegian musical artist. He is most recognized as the performer of the power ballad "On My Own", Norway's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Haldor finished last, only obtaining three points from Portugal. "On My Own" reached number five on the Norway Singles Chart.

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