Art Ingvar Ambjørnsen, author Kjell Aukrust, author Olav Aukrust, poet Ari Behn, author Jens Bjørneboe, author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, author Johan Borgen, author Ivo Caprino, animated film director Lars Saabye Christensen, author Olav Duun, author Jan Garbarek, musician Arne Garborg, author Edvard Grieg, composer Jostein Gaarder, novelist Johan Halvorsen, composer Knut Hamsun, author Erik Fosnes Hansen, author Ludvig Holberg, playwright Henrik Ibsen, playwright Roy Jacobsen, author Alexander Kielland, author Jan Kjærstad, author Christian Krogh, painter Sissel Kyrkjebø, singer Annifrid Lyngstad, singer Jonas Lie, author Edvard Munch, painter Kurt Nilsen, pop idol Rikard Nordraak, composer Axel Sandemose, author Gabriel Scott, author Magdalene Thoresen, author Geirr Tveitt, composer Liv Ullmann, actress Sigrid Undset, author Gustav Vigeland, sculptor Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, author Tarjei Vesaas, author Henrik Wergeland, author Johan Herman Wessel, poet See also: Music of Norway Exploration Roald Amundsen, arctic explorer Thor Heyerdahl, explorer and anthropologist Helge Ingstad, explorer Fridtjof Nansen, arctic explorer, scientist and international statesman Politics Gro Harlem Brundtland Kristin Krohn Devold Odd Einar Dørum Carl I. Hagen Valgerd Svarstad Haugland Johan Jørgen Holst Mona Juul Trygve Lie, first UN Secretary-General Karita Bekkemellem Orheim Jan Petersen Vidkun Quisling, quisling archetype Terje Rød-Larsen Lars Sponheim Thorvald Stoltenberg Kåre Willoch See also: List of Norwegian Prime Ministers List of Norwegian monarchs Science Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician Kristian Birkeland, physicist and industrialist Viggo Brun, mathematician Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, dermatologist Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, economist Gerhard Armauer Hansen, discoverer of the bacteria causing leprosy Trygve Haavelmo, economist Anne Stine Ingstad, archeologist Sophus Lie, mathematician Kristen Nygaard, computer scientist Lars Onsager, physical chemist Atle Selberg, mathematician Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist Otto Sverdrup, oceanographer Ludwig Sylow, mathematician Johan Vaaler, inventor Caspar Wessel, mathematician Ivar Aasen, linguist Sport Ole Einar Bjørndalen, biathlete Bjørn Dæhlie, cross-country skier Stein Eriksen, alpine skier Tore André Flo, football player Trine Hattestad, javelin thrower Sonja Henie, figure skater and movie star Terje Håkonsen, snowboarder Lasse Kjus, alpine skier Johann Olav Koss, speed skater Ingrid Kristiansen, long distance runner Sondre Norheim, pioneer skier John Arne Riise, football player Petter Solberg, rally driver Ole Gunnar Solskjær, football player Grete Waitz, long distance runner Bjørn Wirkola, ski jumper Kjetil André Aamodt, alpine skier Other Jon Johansen, computer programmer Christian Lous Lange, internationalist Lars Monrad Krohn, industrialist Max Manus, resistance fighter Eigil Nansen, humanist and architect Arne Næss, philosopher Arne Næss jr, businessman and mountaineer Arne Rinnan, captain of MS Tampa Kjell Inge Røkke, investor Åsne Seierstad, journalist Vebjørn Tandberg, industrialist See also List of people by nationality