List of Norwegians

This is a list of noted or famous  Norwegians. (The list is sorted by when they died; those who are alive, are farther down the list.)

Caspar Wessel (d. 1818), mathematician
Ivar Aasen (d. 1896), philologist, lexicographer
Henrik Ibsen (d. 1906), playwright, poet, author
Edvard Grieg (d. 1907), composer
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (d. 1910), poet, author
Fridtjof Nansen (d. 1930) diplomat, scientist
Christian Lous Lange (d. 1938), political scientist
Edvard Munch (d. 1944), painter
Knut Hamsun (d. 1952), author,
Ragnar Frisch (d. 1973), economist
Lars Onsager (d. 1976), chemist
Fredrik Barth (d. 2016), anthropologist
Margit Sandemo (d. 2018), author
Kåre Willoch (d. 2021), politician, prime minister  
Ivar Giaever, physicist (d. 2025)
Liv Ullmann (1938-), actress
Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939-), politician, prime minister
Jørgen Lorentzen (1956-), gender studies academic
May-Britt Moser (1962-), scientist (Medicine)
Edvard Moser (1962-), scientist (Medicine)
Tommy Gulliksen (1980-), movie directorhttps://www.vg.no/rampelys/tv/i/k30qXX/tv-anmeldelse-arven-etter-22-juli-trollet-som-ikke-sprakk [Review of television program: «The legacy of 22 July»: The troll that did not turn into dust]. Retrieved 19 July 2021https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/utoya-dokumentar-vant-internasjonal-tv-pris/63213791. Retrieved 19 July 2021
Marcus Wandt (1980-), first Norwegian astronaut
Magnus Carlsen (1990-), chess player

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