page_title: Saltdal
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Saltdal / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: Norwegian historian and politician Ludvig Kristensen Daa. Engraving. Norsk bokmål: Den norske historikeren og politikeren Ludvig Kristensen Daa. Stikk.
context_page_description: Saltdal is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rognan. Other villages in Saltdal include Røkland and Lønsdal.
  The 2,216-square-kilometre municipality is the 26th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Saltdal is the 185th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,671. The municipality's population density is 2.2 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has decreased by 0.4% over the previous 10-year period.
context_section_description: Ludvig Kristensen Daa (1809 in Saltdal – 1877) a Norwegian historian, ethnologist, auditor, editor of magazines and newspapers, educator and politician
  Arne Hjersing (1860 in Saltdal – 1926) a Norwegian painter
  Bernhoff Hansen (1877 in Rognan – 1950) a Norwegian wrestler, gold medallist in the 1904 Summer Olympics
  Erling Engan (1910 in Saltdal – 1982) a Norwegian politician
  Trygve Henrik Hoff (1938 in Rognan – 1987) a Norwegian singer, composer, songwriter and writer
  Ragnhild Furebotten (born 1979 in Saltdal) a Norwegian fiddler, folk musician and composer
  Lena Kristin Ellingsen (born 1980 in Saltdal) a Norwegian actress
caption: Ludvig Kristensen Daa, 1877
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