List of people on stamps of Norway
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Norway
has issued stamps since 1855, and the first person to appear on a Norwegian stamp was the joint Norwegian-Swedish king Oscar II
in 1878. The first non-royal person to appear on a Norwegian stamp was the playwright Henrik Ibsen
, to commemorate the centenary of his birth in 1928 followed by the mathematician Niels Henrik Abel
later the same year.
Queen Maud
was the first woman to appear on a Norwegian stamp, in 1939, followed by her daughter-in-law Märtha in 1956. The first non-royal woman was author Camilla Collett
in 1963.
To the matter of "who's first", several non-royal persons appeared on a 1914 stamp commemorating the centenary of the Constitution of Norway
, as the stamp depicted the renowned painting of the 1814-assembly. This list does however only include persons depicted as themselves per se, and does not include stamps where persons appear as a representative of their profession, such as post officers, brass band members etc. The list also excludes persons that are represented on paintings.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
has issued stamps since 1855, and the first person to appear on a Norwegian stamp was the joint Norwegian-Swedish king Oscar II
Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...
in 1878. The first non-royal person to appear on a Norwegian stamp was the playwright Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
, to commemorate the centenary of his birth in 1928 followed by the mathematician Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quintic equation in radicals.-Early life:...
later the same year.
Queen Maud
Maud of Wales
Princess Maud of Wales was Queen of Norway as spouse of King Haakon VII. She was a member of the British Royal Family as the youngest daughter of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark and granddaughter of Queen Victoria and also of Christian IX of Denmark. She was the younger sister of George V...
was the first woman to appear on a Norwegian stamp, in 1939, followed by her daughter-in-law Märtha in 1956. The first non-royal woman was author Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...
in 1963.
Constitution of Norway
The Constitution of Norway was first adopted on May 16, 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll , then signed and dated May 17...
, as the stamp depicted the renowned painting of the 1814-assembly. This list does however only include persons depicted as themselves per se, and does not include stamps where persons appear as a representative of their profession, such as post officers, brass band members etc. The list also excludes persons that are represented on paintings.
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- Niels Henrik AbelNiels Henrik AbelNiels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quintic equation in radicals.-Early life:...
, mathematician → 1928, 1983, 2002, 2002 - Roald AmundsenRoald AmundsenRoald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage....
, explorer - 1947, 1961, 1971 - Hjalmar AndersenHjalmar AndersenHjalmar "Hjallis" Johan Andersen is a former speed skater from Norway who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games of Oslo, Norway. He was the only triple gold medalist at the 1952 Winter Olympics, and as such, became the most successful athlete there.-Short biography:Hjalmar...
aka Hjallis, winter athlete - 1990 - Herman Anker, Folk high schoolFolk high schoolFolk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal...
pioneer - 1964 - Colin ArcherColin ArcherColin Archer was a Norwegian naval architect and shipbuilder from Larvik, Norway. His parents emigrated from Scotland to Norway in 1825....
, boat constructor → 1941 - Klas Pontus ArnoldsonKlas Pontus ArnoldsonKlas Pontus Arnoldson was a Swedish author, journalist, politician, and committed pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908. He was a founding member and the first chairman of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society.-External links:* * at Find-A-Grave...
Nobel laureate - 1968 - Olaus ArvesenOlaus ArvesenOlaus Arvesen was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Onsøy. He graduated as cand.theol. in 1862, and was influenced by the pastor and educator N. F. S. Grundtvig...
, Folk high schoolFolk high schoolFolk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal...
pioneer - 1964 - Torgeir Augundsson aka Myllarguten, fiddler - 1985
- Kjell AukrustKjell AukrustKjell Aukrust was a Norwegian author, poet and artist. He was the nephew of Olav Aukrust. He is most famous for his memoirs of his childhood in Alvdal in the books Simen, Bonden and Bror Min, and his creation of the fictional Norwegian village of Flåklypa and its cast of idiosyncratic characters...
, artist/author - 1988 (through his work) - Berit AunliBerit AunliBerit Kristine Aunli, née Kvello, is a Norwegian former cross country skier married to Ove Aunli...
, winter athlete - 1989 - Aung San Suu KyiAung San Suu KyiAung San Suu Kyi, AC is a Burmese opposition politician and the General Secretary of the National League for Democracy. In the 1990 general election, her National League for Democracy party won 59% of the national votes and 81% of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained...
, Nobel laureate - 2001
- Fredrik BajerFredrik BajerFredrik Bajer was a Danish writer, teacher, and pacifist politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908....
, Nobel laureate - 1968 - Norma Balean, actress – 2002
- Ivar BallangrudIvar BallangrudIvar Ballangrud was a Norwegian speed skater, a four-time Olympic champion in Speed Skating. As the only triple gold medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ballangrud was the most successful athlete there.-Biography:Ivar Ballangrud was one of the best speed skaters in the world for a period of 15...
, winter athlete - 1990 - Arnfinn BergmannArnfinn BergmannArnfinn Bergmann was a ski jumper from Norway.He was born in Trondheim and represented the clubs SK Freidig and SFK Lyn. He won a gold medal in the normal hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics, accompanied on the podium by Torbjørn Falkanger who won the silver medal...
, winter athlete - 1992 - Vilhelm Bjerknes, meteorologist - 1962
- Ole Einar BjørndalenOle Einar BjørndalenOle Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...
, skiløper - 2006 - Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonBjørnstjerne BjørnsonBjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...
, Nobel author → 1932, 1982, 2003 - Johan BorgenJohan BorgenJohan Collett Müller Borgen was a Norwegian author, journalist and critic. He was married to Annemarta Borgen. Under the pseudonym of Mumle Gåsegg he wrote shorter articles in the newspaper Dagbladet, particularly during World War II...
, author - 2002 - Hjalmar BrantingHjalmar Brantingwas a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party , and Prime Minister during three separate periods . When Branting came to power in 1920, he was the first Social Democratic Prime Minister of Sweden...
, Nobel laureate – 1981 - Trygve BratteliTrygve Bratteliwas a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party and Prime Minister of Norway in 1971–1972 and 1973–1976.-Early life and career:...
, prime minister – 2005 - Hallgeir BrendenHallgeir BrendenHallgeir Brenden was a former Norwegian cross-country skier from Tørberget in Trysil.He won Olympic gold medals in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics and in the 15 km event at the 1956 Winter Olympics, and an Olympic silver medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1952 Winter...
, winter athlete - 1992 - Ole Jakob Broch, meter convention - 1975
- Waldemar Christofer Brøgger, geologist - 1974
- Ole BullOle BullOle Bornemann Bull was a Norwegian violinist and composer.-Background:Bull was born in Bergen. He was the eldest of ten children of Johan Storm Bull and Anna Dorothea Borse Geelmuyden . His brother, Georg Andreas Bull became a noted Norwegian architect...
, fiddler – 1985 - Aase ByeAase ByeAase Synnøve Bye was a Norwegian actress, known from stage, film and television.-Personal life:She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of merchant Anders Bye and Astrid Hansen . She was married three times. The first marriage, to physician Carl Christian Christensen, only lasted from August 1927...
, actress – 2001
- Lalla CarlsenLalla CarlsenLalla Carlsen was a Norwegian singer and actress, and is regarded as one of the most legendary female revue artists in Norway.-Personal life:...
, actress - 2001 - Johan CastbergJohan CastbergJohan Castberg was a Norwegian jurist and politician best known for representing the Radical People's Party . He was a government minister from 1908 to 1910 and 1913 to 1914, and also served seven terms in the Norwegian Parliament...
, social welfare pioneer - 1993 - Christian IVChristian IV of DenmarkChristian IV was the king of Denmark-Norway from 1588 until his death. With a reign of more than 59 years, he is the longest-reigning monarch of Denmark, and he is frequently remembered as one of the most popular, ambitious and proactive Danish kings, having initiated many reforms and projects...
, Danish-Norwegian king - 1988, 2000 (statue), - Camilla CollettCamilla CollettJacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...
, author - 1963
- Egil DanielsenEgil DanielsenEgil Danielsen is a former Norwegian javelin thrower. He represented Hamar IL.Daielsen won the gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics with a throw of 85.71 metres. This was a new world record as well as a career best for Danielsen...
, athlete - 1961 - Petter DassPetter DassPetter Dass was a Lutheran clergyman and the foremost Norwegian poet of his generation, writing both baroque hymns and topographical poetry. -Biography:He was born at Northern Herøy , Nordland, Norway...
, baroque psalmist - 1948, 1997 - Carl Deichman, Oslo library patron – 1985
- Kari DiesenKari DiesenKari Diesen was a Norwegian singer and revue actress. She worked for the revue theatre Chat Noir from 1937 to 1953, and for the Edderkoppen Theatre from 1954 to 1959. She participated in 24 films between 1941 and 1985...
, actress - 2001 - Henri Dunant, red cross founder, nobel laureate – 1961, 2001
- Olav DuunOlav DuunOlav Duun was a noteworthy author of Norwegian fiction. He is generally recognized to be one of the more outstanding writers in Norwegian literature. He once lacked only one vote to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature...
, author - 1976 - Johanne DybwadJohanne Dybwad (actor)Johanne Dybwad was a Norwegian stage actress and stage producer. She was the leading actress in Norwegian theatre for half a century.-Early and personal life:...
, actress - 1967 - Bjørn DæhlieBjørn DæhlieBjørn Erlend Dæhlie is a Norwegian businessman and retired cross-country skier. With 8 olympic gold medals, Dæhlie is the most winning winter olympic champion of all time. With nine gold medals in the Nord World Ski Championships he is in addition the most winning World Champion skier...
, winter athlete - 1993
- Hans EgedeHans EgedeHans Poulsen Egede was a Norwegian-Danish Lutheran missionary who launched mission efforts to Greenland, which led him to be styled the Apostle of Greenland. He established a successful mission among the Inuit and is credited with revitalizing Dano-Norwegian interest in the island after contact...
, missionary to Greenland - 1986 - Thorbjørn EgnerThorbjørn EgnerThorbjørn Egner was a Norwegian playwright, songwriter and illustrator known for his books, plays and musicals for children.-Career:...
, children's author - 1984 (through his work) - Stein EriksenStein EriksenStein Eriksen is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.-Background:Stein Eriksen was born in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Marius Eriksen and Birgit Heien . Stein's father, Marius Eriksen competed in the 1912 Olympic Games as a gymnast...
, winter athlete – 1992
F - J
- Johan FalkbergetJohan FalkbergetJohan Falkberget, born Johan Petter Lillebakken, was a Norwegian author.-Life and career:Johan Falkberget was born on the Falkberget farm in the Rugldal valley in the Norwegian copper mining municipality of Røros.In 1891, he began to write his Christianus Sextus trilogy, though it was not...
, author - 1979 - Christian Magnus FalsenChristian Magnus FalsenChristian Magnus Falsen was a Norwegian constitutional father, statesman, jurist, and historian. He was an important member of the constitutional assembly and was one of the writers of the constitutional laws....
, constitution father → 1947 - Kirsten FlagstadKirsten FlagstadKirsten Målfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano...
, opera diva - 1995 - Svend FoynSvend FoynSvend Foyn was a Norwegian whaling and shipping magnate who pioneered revolutionary methods for hunting and processing whales. Svend Foyn introduced the modern harpoon gun and brought whaling into a modern age....
, whaler - 1947
- Arne GarborgArne GarborgArne Garborg, born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg was a Norwegian writer.Garborg championed the use of Landsmål , as a literary language; he translated the Odyssey into it...
, author - 1951 (first Noreg stamp) - Einar GerhardsenEinar Gerhardsenwas a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was Prime Minister for three periods, 1945–1951, 1955–1963 and 1963–1965. With 17 years in office, he is the longest serving Prime Minister in Norway since the introduction of parliamentarism...
, prime minister - 1997 - Henry GleditschHenry GleditschHenry Cochrane Williamsen Gleditsch was a Norwegian actor and theatre director.He was born in Kristiania. In his young days he participated in skiing for SFK Lyn....
, actor – 2002 - Victor GoldschmidtVictor GoldschmidtVictor Moritz Goldschmidt was a mineralogist considered to be the founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry, developer of the Goldschmidt Classification of elements.-Early life & career:Goldschmidt was born in Zürich...
, geologist – 1974 - Mikhail GorbachevMikhail GorbachevMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
, Nobel laureate - 2001 - Edvard GriegEdvard GriegEdvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
, composer → 1943, 1983, 1993, - Nordahl Grieg, author - 2002
- Johan GrøttumsbråtenJohan GrøttumsbråtenJohan Grøttumsbråten was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country. Dominating both events in the 1920s and early 1930s, he won several medals in the early Winter Olympics. Most notably, he won two gold medals at the 1928 Winter Olympics, and as one of the only two dual...
, winter athlete - 1991 - Cathinka GuldbergCathinka GuldbergCathinka Augusta Guldberg was a Norwegian nurse, the first in that country.Guldberg was born in the city of Christiania, now Oslo, Norway. Her father was a priest and her mothers’ cousin was the famous Marcus Thrane, leader of the first Norwegian labour union. When her mother died in 1854,...
, nurse - 1968 - Cato Guldberg, chemist, law on mass actionMass actionIn Chemistry, the law of mass action is a mathematical model that explains and predicts behaviors of solutions in dynamic equilibrium. It can be described with two aspects: 1) the equilibrium aspect, concerning the composition of a reaction mixture at equilibrium and 2) the kinetic aspect...
- 1964 - Johan Ernst GunnerusJohan Ernst GunnerusJohan Ernst Gunnerus was a Norwegian bishop and botanist. Gunnerus was born at Christiania. He was bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros from 1758 until his death and also a professor of theology at the University of Copenhagen....
, bishop, botanist, founder of scientific society - 1970
- Gro HammersengGro HammersengGro Hammerseng is a Norwegian handballer playing for the Norwegian national team and Norwegian club Larvik HK. She has been the captain of the national team for several years, and in 2007 she was voted female World Handball Player of the Year.- Club career :Hammerseng started her handball career...
, Handball player - 2008 - Gerhard Armauer HansenGerhard Armauer HansenGerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy....
, physician, leprosy discoverer - 1973 - Christopher HansteenChristopher HansteenChristopher Hansteen was a Norwegian geophysicist, astronomer and physicist, best known for his mapping of Earth's magnetic field.-Early life and career:...
, geophysicist - 1984 - HaraldHarald V of NorwayHarald V is the king of Norway. He succeeded to the throne of Norway upon the death of his father Olav V on 17 January 1991...
, king - 1982, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, - Odd HasselOdd HasselOdd Hassel was a Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate.-Biography:Born in Kristiania, his parents were Ernst Hassel, a gynaecologist, and Mathilde Klaveness. In 1915, he entered the University of Oslo where he studied mathematics, physics and chemistry, and graduated in 1920...
, nobel laureate - 2004 - Thorleif HaugThorleif HaugThorleif Haug was a Norwegian skier who competed in nordic combined and cross-country. -Biography:Thorleif Haug was born in Vivelstad, a narrow valley between the Lier Lier, Drammen in Buskerud county, Norway...
, winter athlete - 1990 - Axel HeibergAxel HeibergAxel Heiberg was a Norwegian diplomat, financier and patron.He was married to Ragnhild Meyer, daughter of Thorvald Meyer; they had one child, Ingeborg...
, founder of forest society - 1948 - Sonja HenieSonja HenieSonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, a ten-time World Champion and a six-time European Champion . Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies figure skater...
, winter athlete, ice princess, actress - 1990 - Johan HjortJohan HjortJohan Hjort FRS was a Norwegian fisheries scientist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer. He was among the most prominent and influential marine zoologists of his time.- The early years :...
, fisheries researcher - 1969 - Ludvig HolbergLudvig HolbergLudvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy, who spent most of his adult life in Denmark. He was influenced by Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque...
, Danish-Norwegian playwright → 1934, 1984, - Haakon IV HaakonsonHaakon IV of NorwayHaakon Haakonarson , also called Haakon the Old, was king of Norway from 1217 to 1263. Under his rule, medieval Norway reached its peak....
, medieval king - 2004 - Haakon VIIHaakon VIIHaakon VII may refer to:People* Haakon VII of Norway , King of Norway Ships* HNoMS King Haakon VII, a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship in commission from 1942 to 1951...
, king of Norway → 1907, 1909, 1910, 1937, 1943(1945), 1945, 1946, 1947, 1947, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1972, 1982, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2005, 2007 - Haakon, crown prince - 1997
- Henrik IbsenHenrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
, playwright → 1928, 1978 - Lillebil IbsenLillebil IbsenLillebil Ibsen was a Norwegian dancer and actress.-Personal life:She was born in Kristiania, as the daughter of engineer Georg Monrad Krohn and actress Gyda Martha Kristine Andersen...
, actress, dancer – 2001 - Ingrid Alexandra, princess - 2004, 2005
- Gunnar IsachsenGunnar IsachsenGunnerius Ingvald Isachsen , was a Norwegian military officer and polar scientist. From 1923, he was the first president of the Norwegian Maritime Museum.-Early years:...
, Arctic explorer - 2006 - Finn Christian JaggeFinn Christian JaggeFinn Christian "Finken" Jagge is a former Norwegian Alpine skier. He is the son of alpine skier Liv Jagge and tennis player Finn Dag Jagge. In the World Cup he won seven slalom victories. His career highlight came with the gold medal in the slalom competition at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville....
, winter athlete - 1993 - Anne Jahren, winter athlete - 1989
- Bjørg Eva JensenBjørg Eva JensenBjørg Eva Jensen is a speed skater from Norway.-Biography:Jensen had her best year in 1980 when, while still a junior, she became Junior World Allround Champion, won bronze at the World Allround Championships, and won gold on the 3,000 m at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.Although...
, speed skater - 1989 - Knut JohannesenKnut JohannesenKnut Johannesen is a former speed skater from Norway.-Biography:Born in Oslo and representing the skating club ASK there, Johannesen won the World Allround Championships in 1957 and 1964, the European Allround Championships in 1959 and 1960, and won the Norwegian...
aka Kupper'n, winter athlete - 1991 - Leif JusterLeif JusterLeif Juster was a Norwegian comedian, singer and actor, arguably the most popular of his generation in Norway. Juster started out as a variety show performer, and for a period he ran the theater Edderkoppen...
, actor – 2001
K - O
- Geir KarlstadGeir KarlstadGeir Karlstad is a former speed skater.-Short biography:Although best at the longest distances , Geir Karlstad became Junior World Allround Champion in 1982 and, as a senior, won bronze in both the World and European Allround Championships in 1989...
, winter athlete - 1993 - Alexander KiellandAlexander KiellandAlexander Lange Kielland was one of the most famous Norwegian realistic writers of the 19th century. He is one of the so-called "The Four Greats" in Norwegian literature, along with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Jonas Lie.-Background:Born in Stavanger, Norway, he grew up in a rich...
, author - 1949 - Th. Kierulf, geologist – 1974
- Martin Luther King, Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the...
, Nobel laureate - 2001 - Theodor KittelsenTheodor KittelsenTheodor Severin Kittelsen was a Norwegian artist. He is one of the most popular artists in Norway. Kittelsen became famous for his nature paintings, as well as for his illustrations of fairy tales and legends, especially of trolls.-Biography:Kittelsen was born in the coastal town of Kragerø in...
, trollTrollA troll is a supernatural being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore. In origin, the term troll was a generally negative synonym for a jötunn , a being in Norse mythology...
illustrator - 2007
- Betzy KjelsbergBetzy KjelsbergBetzy Alexandra Kjelsberg , born Betzy Aleksandra Børresen, was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party, being the first female board member of the party, Norway's first female factory inspector from 1910–1936, and a member of the feminist movement. Kjelsberg was born in Svelvik, Vestfold. Her...
, social welfare pioneer - 1993 - Asbjørn KlosterAsbjørn KlosterAsbjørn Kloster was a social reformer and leader of the Norwegian temperance movement in the 19th century.-Background:...
, teetotaler - 1959 - Eirik KvalfossEirik KvalfossEirik Kvalfoss is a former biathlete from Voss, Norway. He won three medals during the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo: gold in the 10 km sprint, silver in relay and bronze in the 20 km individual. In total Kvalfoss won 11 individual Olympic and World Championship medals between 1982–1991, as...
, winter athlete - 1989
- Magnus Brostrup LandstadMagnus Brostrup LandstadMagnus Brostrup Landstad was a Norwegian minister, psalmist and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853...
, hymn author, folk tune collector - 2002 - Christian Lous LangeChristian Lous LangeChristian Lous Lange was a Norwegian historian, teacher, and political scientist. He was one of the world's foremost exponents of the theory and practice of internationalism....
, Nobel laureate – 1981, 2004 - Lars Levi LæstadiusLars Levi LæstadiusLars Levi Læstadius was a Swedish Lutheran pastor of partly Sami ancestry. From the mid 1840s and onward he became the leader of the Laestadian movement...
, Sámi missionary - 2000 - Jonas LieJonas LieJonas Lauritz Idemil Lie was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright who is considered to have been one of the Four Greats of 19th century Norwegian literature, together with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Alexander Kielland.-Background:Jonas Lie was born at Hokksund in Øvre Eiker, in...
, author - 1983 - Trygve LieTrygve LieTrygve Halvdan Lie was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian Foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first Secretary-General of the United...
, UN secretary general - 1995
- Magnus law-menderMagnus VI of NorwayMagnus VI Lagabøte or Magnus Håkonsson , was king of Norway from 1263 until 1280.-Early life:...
, medieval king - 1974 - Nelson MandelaNelson MandelaNelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
, Nobel laureate - 2001 - Max ManusMax ManusMaximo Guillermo "Max" Manus DSO, MC & Bar was a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II.Manus was born in Bergen to a Norwegian father and a Danish mother...
, war time hero, royal body guard - 2005 - MaudMaud of WalesPrincess Maud of Wales was Queen of Norway as spouse of King Haakon VII. She was a member of the British Royal Family as the youngest daughter of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark and granddaughter of Queen Victoria and also of Christian IX of Denmark. She was the younger sister of George V...
, queen → 1939, 1947, 1969, 1982, 2003 - Alfred MaurstadAlfred MaurstadAlfred Maurstad was a leading Norwegian actor, and the father of actor Toralv Maurstad. Beside being an actor, Alfred was famous for playing the fiddle...
, actor – 2001 - Tordis MaurstadTordis MaurstadTordis Maurstad was a Norwegian stage actress. She was married to Alfred Maurstad, and the mother of Toralv Maurstad. She later married Helge Krog. She made her stage debut in Falkberget's play Fjellsjøheidningen in 1923. She was appointed at Det Norske Teatret in 1923, and worked at this theatre...
, actress – 2002 - Rigoberta MenchúRigoberta MenchúRigoberta Menchú Tum is an indigenous Guatemalan, of the K'iche' ethnic group. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the plight of Guatemala's indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War , and to promoting indigenous rights in the country...
, Nobel laureate - 2001 - Christian MichelsenChristian MichelsenPeter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...
, prime minister of independence year – 1982, 2005 - Edvard MunchEdvard MunchEdvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...
, painter - 1963 (self portrait) - Magne MyrmoMagne MyrmoMagne Myrmo is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s. He won a silver medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics in the 50 km...
, winter athlete - 1979 - Märtha, crown princess - 1956, 1982, 2003
- Fridtjof NansenFridtjof NansenFridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...
, naturalist, explorer, refugee aid, Nobel laureate → 1935, 1940, 1947, 1961, 1982, 2001, - Carsten Tank NielsenCarsten Tank NielsenCarsten Tank Nielsen was a Norwegian appointed Minister of the Navy in 1884....
, telegraph director - 1954 - Rolf Just NilsenRolf Just NilsenRolf Just Nilsen was a Norwegian singer and actor. He was particularly known for his voice imitations. He worked for the theatres Studioteatret, Chat Noir, Edderkoppen Theatre, Oslo Nye Teater and Det Norske Teatret, and for radio and television.-Personal life:Just Nilsen was born in Oslo as the...
, actor – 2002 - Arvid NilssenArvid NilssenArvid Nilssen was a Norwegian actor, revue artist and singer. He made his debut at Scala Teater in 1935, and played at Chat Noir from 1937 and most of his career. He was regarded as one of the leading comedians in Norwegian revue.He was awarded the Leonard Statuette in 1968.-References:...
, actor - 2001 - Alfred NobelAlfred NobelAlfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. He is the inventor of dynamite. Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments...
, Nobel - 2001 - Rikard NordraakRikard NordraakRikard Nordraak was a Norwegian composer. He is best known as the composer of the Norwegian national anthem.-Biography:...
, composer → 1942 - Inger Helene NybråtenInger Helene NybråtenInger Helene Nybråten is a former Norwegian Cross-country skier who competed in the 1980s and 1990s.She won three relay medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold and two silvers...
, winter athlete - 1989 - Olav V, king of Norway → 1946, 1958, 1959, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1982, 1983, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2005
- Lars OnsagerLars OnsagerLars Onsager was a Norwegian-born American physical chemist and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University....
, Nobel laureate - 2003 - Oscar IIOscar II of SwedenOscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...
, king of Norway and Sweden → 1878
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- Frederic PassyFrédéric PassyFrédéric Passy was a French economist and a joint winner of the first Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1901.- Biography :...
, Nobel laureate - 1961 - Cleng PeersonCleng PeersonCleng Peerson was a Norwegian-American pioneer who led the first group of Norwegians to emigrate to the United States, traveling on the Norwegian sloop Restauration.-Background:...
, emigration pioneer - 1947, 1975 - Brit PettersenBrit PettersenBritt Pettersen Tofte is a former Norwegian cross country skier who competed during the 1980s....
, winter athlete - 1989
- Vidkun QuislingVidkun QuislingVidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling was a Norwegian politician. On 9 April 1940, with the German invasion of Norway in progress, he seized power in a Nazi-backed coup d'etat that garnered him international infamy. From 1942 to 1945 he served as Minister-President, working with the occupying...
, quisling → 1942, 1942
- Kjetil RekdalKjetil RekdalKjetil André Rekdal is a Norwegian football coach and a former footballer. He is currently managing Aalesund in Norwegian Tippeligaen. His previous tenure was at Kaiserslautern of the 2...
, footballer - 2005 - Terje Rollem, 1945 liberation contributor - 1995
- Einar RoseEinar RoseEinar Rose was a Norwegian actor, revue artist, singer and restaurant keeper. He was among Norway's most popular singers, and recorded more than 300 songs between 1927 and 1941. He made his debut in the revue Regnbuen på Mayol in 1925. He played at the revue theatre Chat Noir from 1926, and was...
, actor - 2001 - Birger RuudBirger RuudBirger Ruud was a Norwegian ski jumper.Born in Kongsberg, Birger Ruud, with his brothers Sigmund and Asbjørn, dominated international jumping in the 1930s, winning three world championships in 1931, 1935 and 1937. Ruud also won the Olympic gold medal in 1932 and 1936...
, winter athlete - 1991
- Tom SandbergTom SandbergTom Sandberg is a former nordic combined skier from Mo i Rana, Norway who competed from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s....
, winter athlete - 1989 - Michael SarsMichael SarsMichael Sars was a Norwegian theologian and biologist.-Biography:Sars was born in Bergen, Norway. He studied natural history and theology at Royal Frederick University from 1823 and completed a cand.theol. degree in 1828. For several years he taught at a number of different schools, firstly in...
- biologist, father of Georg Ossian Sars - 1970 - Georg Ossian Sars - biologist, son of Michael Sars - 1970
- Thorleif SchjelderupThorleif SchjelderupThorleif Schjelderup was a Norwegian author and in the 1940s and 1950s one of Norway's best ski jumpers.He was born in Aker as a son of Ferdinand Schjelderup and his wife Marie Leigh Vogt....
, winter athlete - 1951 - Tore SegelckeTore SegelckeTore Dyveke Segelcke was a Norwegian actress.She was the sister of Georg Løkkeberg; and married from 1927-42 to her colleague Lasse Segelcke, and from 1945-1959 to Dr Anton Raabe.She made her debut in 1921 touring with Det Norske Teatret where she was based until 1924...
, actress - 2001 - Hannibal SehestedHannibal Sehested (council president)Hannibal Sehested was Danish Council President from 27 April 1900 to 24 July 1901 as the leader of the Cabinet of Sehested. He was the last Danish Council President appointed by the king without support from the Danish Parliament before Denmark switched to a parliamentary system and the secret...
, chancellor → 1947 - Åse Gruda SkardÅse Gruda SkardÅse Gruda Skard was a Norwegian psychologist, and a pioneer in the field of the bringing up of children. She lectured at the University of Oslo from 1947 to 1973. She edited the magazine Norsk Pedagogisk Tidsskrift from 1936 to 1970. She wrote 24 books and almost 2,000 journal articles...
, children's psychologist - 2005 - Amalie SkramAmalie SkramAmalie Skram was a Norwegian author and feminist who gave voice to a woman's point of view with her naturalist writing. She moved to Denmark in 1894 where she settled in Copenhagen with her husband, the Danish writer Erik Skram...
, author - 1996 - Lars Olsen SkrefsrudLars Olsen SkrefsrudLars Olsen Skrefsrud was a Norwegian missionary and language researcher in India. Together with Hans Peter Børresen he is regarded as the founder of the Norwegian missionary organization Santalmisjonen...
, missionary - 1967 - Simon SlåttvikSimon SlåttvikSimon Slåttvik was a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won gold in individual event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo....
, winter athlete - 1992 - Snorri, saga author → 1941
- Magnar SolbergMagnar SolbergMagnar Solberg is a former Norwegian biathlete and police officer. He won a gold medal in the 20 km at the Winter Olympic Games 1968 in Grenoble, and he retained his gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games 1972 in Sapporo. In 1968 he was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje...
, winter athlete - 1991 - SonjaQueen Sonja of NorwayQueen Sonja of Norway is the wife of King Harald V of Norway.-Prior to marriage:Sonja was born in Oslo on 4 July 1937 as the daughter of clothing merchant Karl August Haraldsen and Dagny Ulrichsen .Queen Sonja grew up in the district of Vinderen in Oslo and completed her lower secondary schooling...
, queen - 1992, 1993, 1997 - Engebret SootEngebret SootEngebret Soot is known as the father of the Halden Canal in Norway. He constructed locks and canals for the transport of both watercraft and timber.-Biography:...
, canal engineer - 1986 - Hans Strøm, priest, topographic author - 1970
- Eilert SundtEilert SundtEilert Sundt was a Norwegian sociologist, known for his work on mortality, marriage and other subjects among the working class....
, social scientist - 1964 - Johan SvendsenJohan SvendsenJohan Severin Svendsen was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Christiania , Norway, he lived most his life in Copenhagen, Denmark....
, composer - 1990 - Johan SverdrupJohan SverdrupJohan Sverdrup was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party. He was the first Prime Minister of Norway after the introduction of parliamentarism. Sverdrup was Prime Minister from 1884 to 1889.- Early years :...
, politician - 1966, 1984, - Otto SverdrupOtto SverdrupOtto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup was a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer.-Early and personal life:...
, polar explorer - 2004 - Harald SæverudHarald SæverudHarald Sigurd Johan Sæverud was a Norwegian composer. He is most known for his music to Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, Rondo Amoroso, and the Ballad of Revolt . Sæverud wrote nine symphonies, and a large number of pieces for solo piano...
, composer - 1997 - Nathan SöderblomNathan SöderblomLars Olof Jonathan Söderblom was a Swedish clergyman, Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden, and recipient of the 1930 Nobel Peace Prize...
, bishop, Nobel laureate - 1990
- Othilie Tonning, salvationist - 1988
- Kari TraaKari TraaKari Traa is a Norwegian freestyle skier. She won the Olympic title in the moguls event at the 2002 Winter Olympics, finished second at the 2006 games, and finished third at the 1998 games....
, winter athlete - 2005 - Lars TvindeLars TvindeLars Tvinde was a Norwegian actor. He started working for Det Norske Teatret in 1912, and said the first lines at this theatre's opening performance, Ivar Aasen's Ervingen, on 2 January 1913. He is regarded as one of the driving forces at Det Norske Teatret, from its first season until his...
, actor – 2002
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- Vegard UlvangVegard UlvangVegard Ulvang is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who won three Olympic gold medals. At the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, he took the ceremonial Olympic Oath on part of all the athletes...
, winter athlete - 1993 - Sigrid UndsetSigrid UndsetSigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.-Biography:Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism and became a lay Dominican...
, Nobel author - 1982
- Fartein ValenFartein ValenOlav Fartein Valen was a Norwegian composer and musical theorist, notable for his work within atonal polyphonic music.-Background:...
, composer - 1987 - Halldis Moren VesaasHalldis Moren VesaasHalldis Moren Vesaas was a Norwegian poet, translator and writer of children's books. She established herself as one of the leading female Norwegian writer of her generation.-Biography:...
, poet - 2007 - Tarjei VesaasTarjei Vesaas[Tarjei Vesaas was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Born in Vinje, Telemark, Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II....
, author - 1997 - Aasmund Olavsson VinjeAasmund Olavsson VinjeAasmund Olavsson Vinje was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål .-Background:...
, author - 1968 - J. H. L. Vogt, geologist - 1974
- Grete WaitzGrete WaitzGrete Waitz was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. Waitz won nine New York City Marathons between 1978 and 1988, more than any other runner in history...
, runner - 1997 - Henrik WergelandHenrik WergelandHenrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist...
, poet, humanist → 1945 - Johan Herman WesselJohan Herman Wesselthumb|Johan Herman WesselJohan Herman Wessel was a Norwegian-Danish poet. Some of his satirical poems are still popular.-Biography:...
, poet → 1942 - Peter Wessel Tordenskjold, navy hero → 1947, 1990
- Herman WildenveyHerman WildenveyHerman Wildenvey , born Herman Theodor Portaas, was one of the most prominent Norwegian poets of the twentieth century. During his lifetime he published 44 books of his own poetry, in addition to translations of William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, and Heinrich Heine.- Biography :Wildenvey was...
, poet - 1986 - Hannah Winsnes, author - 1989
- Richard WithRichard WithRichard Bernhard With was a Norwegian ship captain, businessman and politician for the Liberal Left Party. He is known as the founder of Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab and Hurtigruten.-Background:...
, coastal express pioneer - 1993 - Peter WaagePeter WaagePeter Waage , the son of a ship's captain, was a significant Norwegian chemist and professor at the Royal Frederick University. Along with his brother-in-law Cato Maximilian Guldberg, he co-discovered and developed the law of mass action between 1864 and 1879.He grew up in Hidra...
, chemist, law on mass actionMass actionIn Chemistry, the law of mass action is a mathematical model that explains and predicts behaviors of solutions in dynamic equilibrium. It can be described with two aspects: 1) the equilibrium aspect, concerning the composition of a reaction mixture at equilibrium and 2) the kinetic aspect...
– 1964 - Nic WaalNic WaalNic Waal, born Caroline Schweigaard Nicolaysen in Kristiania, Norway was a Norwegian psychiatrist, noted for her work among children and adolescents in Norway where she is known as "the mother of Norwegian pediatric and adolescent psychiatry." She was also active in the Norwegian resistance during...
, pediatric and adolescent psychiatrist – 2005
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- Tore ØrjasæterTore ØrjasæterTore "Spencer Brown" Ørjasæter was a Norwegian poet.The son of a teacher, he attended folk high school and qualified as a teacher before becoming a writer....
, poet - 1986 - Arnulf ØverlandArnulf ØverlandOle Peter Arnulf Øverland was a Norwegian author born in Kristiansund and raised in Bergen. His works include Berget det blå and Hustavler .-Life:...
, poet – 1989 - Per AabelPer AabelPer Pavels Aabel was a respected and honored Norwegian actor, artist, dancer, choreographer and instructor.-Biography:...
, actor - 2001 - Jakob AallJakob AallJakob Aall was a Norwegian historian and statesman.He was born in Porsgrund, Norway and while studying divinity at Copenhagen he became interested in the pursuit of natural science. In 1797 he set out to make the tour of the scientific schools of Leipzig, Kiel, and Göttingen. In Germany he became...
, statesman - 1973 - Ivar AasenIvar AasenIvar Andreas Aasen was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet.-Background:...
, linguist, author, nynorskNynorskNynorsk or New Norwegian is one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. The standard language was created by Ivar Aasen during the mid-19th century, to provide a Norwegian alternative to the Danish language which was commonly written in Norway at the...
pioneer - 1963