# List of people from Bergen

This is a list of famous people from Bergen, Norway.

## Artists and actors

* Rolfine Absalonsen (1846–1933), actress.
* Henny Astrup (1876–1961), actress.
* Ingeborg Belling (1848–1927), actress.
* Johan Christian Dahl (1788–1857), painter.
* Tordis Halvorsen (1884–1955), actress.
* Helge Jordal (1946–) actor.
* Elly Kjølstad (1850–1930), actress
* Frank Krog (1954–2008), actor
* Bjarte Hjelmeland (1970–) actor
* Vegard Ylvisåker (1979–) & Bård Ylvisåker (1982–) comedians, musicians, talk show hosts.
* Daniel Simonsen, comedian, actor.

## Authors

* Dorothe Engelbretsdotter (1634–1713) author.
* Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), playwright.
* Nicoline Thaulow (1807–1885), author
* Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807–1873) author, poet.
* Amalie Skram (1846–1905) author
* Arnulf Øverland (1889–1968) author
* Carl Søyland (1894–1978) Norwegian American editor-in-chief of Nordisk Tidende
* Nordahl Grieg (1902–1943) poet, author
* Torborg Nedreaas (1906–1987) author and winner of the Kritikerprisen
* Babbis Friis-Baastad (1921-1970) children's writer
* Gunnar Staalesen (1947–) author
* Grethe Fatima Syéd (born 1968), literary critic, novelist

## Musicians

* Ole Bull (1810–1880), violinist, composer.
* Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), composer, pianist.
* Harald Sæverud (1897–1992), composer
* Jan Eggum (1951–) singer-songwriter
* Truls Mørk (1961–) cellist
* Sissel Kyrkjebø (1969–) singer
* Magnet (musician) (1970–) musician
* Varg Vikernes (1973–) musician: Burzum/Mayhem
* Kristian Espedal (1975–) musician: God Seed/Gorgororth/Gaahlskagg/Wardruna
* Erlend Øye (1975–) musician
* Eirik Glambek Bøe (1975–) musician
* Kurt Nilsen (1978-) musician, singer-songwriter
* Anne Lilia Berge Strand (1978–) musician
* Einar Selvik (1979-) musician: Gorgoroth/Wardruna
* Sondre Lerche (1982–) musician
* John Olav Nilsen (1982–) singer, songwriter
* Lars Vaular (1984–) rapper
* Christine Guldbrandsen (1985–) singer
* Marthe Wang (1990-) singer, songwriter
* Kygo (1991–) Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll, DJ, record producer
* Aurora Aksnes (1996–) singer, songwriter
* Alan Walker (1997–) producer
* KREAM (brothers Daniel and Markus Slettebakken) record producers
* Tom Cato Visnes (1974-) musician: Gorgoroth/Wardruna/King OV Hell/I/Abbath
* Olve Eikemo (1973-) musician: Immortal/Abbath/Bömbers
* Ørjan Stedjeberg (1977-) musician: Taake/Ragnarok/Gorgoroth
* Roger Tiegs (1972-) musician: Gorgoroth/Borknagar/Desekrator/Orcustus

## Scientists

* Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841–1912) leprosy researcher
* Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1851–1943) ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist
* Hans Henrik Reusch (1852–1922) a geologist, geomorphologist and educator.
* Reidar Fauske Sognnaes (1911–1984), Dean of the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine
* Søren Laland (1922–1998), biochemist
* Ivar Giaever (born 1929) Nobel Prize in Physics laureate in 1973

## Politicians

* Trond Torleivsson Benkestok (1490–1558) nobleman
* Georg Wallace (1804-1890) elected to the Storting in 1850 for Bergen
* Christian Wilhelm Wisbech (1832–1897) elected to parliament in 1883 and 1889
* Christian Michelsen (1857–1925) ship owner, Prime Minister of Norway
* Albert Viljam Hagelin (1881–1946), politician for the Nasjonal Samling
* Ingvald B. Aase (1882–1948) trade unionist and politician for the Labour and Communist parties
* Carl Joachim Hambro (1885–1964) politician, President of Parliament
* Gulbrand Lunde (1901–1942), politician for the Nasjonal Samling
* Erna Solberg (1961- ) 28th Prime Minister of Norway
* Marte Mjøs Persen (1975- ), member of the Cabinet of Norway

## Sport

* Roald Jensen (1943–1987) football player
* Terje Hauge (1965–) football referee
* Arne Sandstø (1966–) football manager
* Mia Hundvin (1977–) handballer
* Erik Huseklepp (1984–) football player
* Nils Jakob Hoff (1985–) rower
* Alexander Dale Oen (1985–2012) swimmer
* Magnus Midtbø (1988–) climber
* Maren Mjelde (1989–) football player
* Jakob Glesnes (1994–) football player
* Renate Blindheim (1994–) football manager
* Vilde Bøe Risa (1995–) football player
* Gustav Iden (1996–) triathlete
* Kristian Blummenfelt (1994-) triathlete

## Others

* Ulrik Vilhelm Koren (1826–1910) Norwegian-American Lutheran church leader
* Tryggve Gran (1889–1980) aviator
* Leif Andreas Larsen (1906–1990) naval officer
* Max Manus (1914–1981) decorated resistance-fighter
* Terje Rød-Larsen (1947–) diplomat, sociologist
* Peter Sunde (1978–) entrepreneur, The Pirate Bay
* El Rubius (1990–) Rubén Gundersen, YouTube personality, the 49th most subscribed on YouTube