page_title: Tønsberg
section_title: Notable residents
hierarchical_section_title: Tønsberg / Notable residents
caption_attribution_description: English: Aqua at the Gron Concert in 2008
context_page_description: Tønsberg, historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, southern Norway, located around 102 kilometres south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg. The city is the most populous metropolis in the district of Vestfold with a population of 52,419 in 2019. The municipality has a population of 56,293 and covers an area of 329 square kilometres in 2020.
  Tønsberg is generally regarded as the oldest city in Norway, founded by Vikings in the 9th century. Tønsberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. The rural municipality of Sem was merged into the municipality of Tønsberg on 1 January 1988. The neighboring municipality of Re was merged into Tønsberg on 1 January 2020.
  It is home to Tønsberg Fortress on Castle Mountain, which includes ruins from Castrum Tunsbergis, Norway's largest castle in the 13th century. An outdoor music festival is held at Tønsberg Fortress every July. Tønsberg is also home of Oseberg Mound, where the 9th-century Oseberg Ship was excavated.
context_section_description: Johan Henrik Dietrichs (1809-1886), merchant and mayor of the town
  Niels Johan Føyn (1860–1945), meteorologist
  Svend Foyn (1809–1894), a Norwegian shipping and whaling magnate
  Johan Sverdrup (1816–1892), liberal politician, prime minister of Norway from 1884 to 1889
  Wilhelm Wilhelmsen (1839–1910), a Norwegian shipping magnate, founder of the Wilh. Wilhelmsen Shipping Company
  Peter Christophersen (1845–1930), diplomat
  Søren Andreas Christophersen (1849–1933), diplomat
  Axel Thue (1863–1922), Norwegian American mathematician
  Ole O. Lian (1868–1925), politician, leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
  Halfdan M. Hanson (1884–1952), Norwegian American architect
  Hjalmar Andersen (1923–2013), three times European and World champion as well as 1952 Winter Olympics champion in speedskating
  Jahn Teigen (1949-2020), singer, musician, and comedian
  Ronny Johnsen (born 1969), former professional footballer (Manchester United), lives in Tønsberg
  Anders Aukland (born 1972), the six-time winner of the world championship in cross-country skiing, born in Husvik/Tønsberg
  Lene Nystrøm (born 1973), lead vocalist of the Danish-Norwegian dance group Aqua
  Magnus Carlsen (born 1990), Norwegian chess grandmaster, World Chess Champion
  Kjetil Borch (born 1990) world rowing champion
  Adelén (born 1996), Norwegian singer
  Seigmen, a Norwegian alternative rock band, comes from Tønsberg.
  Hans Gottfried Wang, represented Tønsberg in the Norwegian parliament.
caption: Lene Nystrøm, the main vocalist in Aqua, is from Tønsberg.
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