Engvald Bakkan
 Engvald Bakkan (20 August 1897 – 3 July 1982) was a Norwegian novelist and children's writer.Bakkan was born in Åmli. Among his best-known works is the novel trilogy from the 18th century Krossen er din Gjenom fossane and Regnbogen i toreskya published between 1947 and 1952. He was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1953.