List of Famous people born in Vestland, Norway

Liv Signe Navarsete

First Name Liv
Last Name Navarsete
Born on October 23, 1958 (age 67)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Liv Signe Hundere Navarsete is a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party. She served as Minister of Local Government from 2009 to 2013, Minister of Transport from 2005 to 2009 and party leader from 2008 to 2014. On 11 February 2014, she announced that she would retire as the leader of the party in April. She was succeeded by Trygve Slagsvold Vedum.

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Even Hovland

First Name Even
Last Name Hovland
Born on February 14, 1989 (age 37)
Born in Norway, Vestland
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Even Hovland is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Rosenborg and the Norway national team.

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Thomas Konow

First Name Thomas
Last Name Konow
Born on October 10, 1796
Died on October 10, 1881 (aged 85)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Thomas Konow was a Norwegian naval officer and politician. He was a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.

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Ann-Elen Skjelbreid

First Name Ann-Elen
Born on September 13, 1971 (age 54)
Born in Norway, Vestland
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Ann-Elen Skjelbreid is a former Norwegian biathlete from the Hålandsdal area in the Norwegian municipality of Fusa. She is the sister of Liv Grete Skjelbreid and is married with fellow Norwegian biathlete Egil Gjelland

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Vibeke Falk

Vibeke Fasmer Mowinckel
First Name Vibeke
Born on September 27, 1918
Died on October 9, 2011 (aged 93)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Vibeke Falk was a Norwegian actress.

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Arne Bendiksen

Arne Joachim Bendiksen
First Name Arne
Last Name Bendiksen
Born on October 19, 1926
Died on March 26, 2009 (aged 82)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Arne Joachim Bendiksen was a Norwegian singer, composer and producer, described as "the father of pop music" in Norway.

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Per Lothar Lindtner

First Name Per
Born on December 27, 1947 (age 78)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Per Lothar Lindtner is a Norwegian politician. Lindtner was the head of the Communist Party of Norway from 1993 to 2001, serving in a collective leadership with Terje Krogh and Kjell Underlid from 1993 to 1998, and with Underlid from 1998 to 2000. He is a member of the party's Hordaland unit. He headed the party's ticket in Hordaland in the 2001 Norwegian parliamentary election.

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Gerhard Armauer Hansen

First Name Gerhard
Last Name Hansen
Died on February 12, 1912
Born in Norway, Vestland

Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy. His distinguished work was recognized at the International Leprosy Congress held at Bergen in 1909.

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Ketil Motzfeldt

First Name Ketil
Born on August 10, 1814
Died on November 17, 1889 (aged 75)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Ketil Melsted Johnsen Motzfeldt was Norwegian Naval Officer and Government Official.

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Truls Mørk

Truls Olaf Otterbech Mørk
First Name Truls
Born on April 25, 1961 (age 65)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Truls Olaf Otterbech Mørk is a Norwegian cellist.

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