List of people from Bergen
This is a list of famous people from Bergen, Norway.
Artists and actors
- Rolfine Absalonsen, actress.
- Henny Astrup, actress.
- Ingeborg Belling, actress.
- Johan Christian Dahl, painter.
- Tordis Halvorsen, actress.
- Bjarte Hjelmeland, actor
- Helge Jordal actor.
- Elly Kjølstad, actress
- Frank Krog, actor
- Magdalene Osenbroch, actress.
- Daniel Simonsen, comedian, actor.
- Vegard Ylvisåker & Bård Ylvisåker comedians, musicians, talk show hosts.
Authors
- Dorothe Engelbretsdotter author.
- Ludvig Holberg, playwright.
- Nicoline Thaulow, author
- Johan Sebastian Welhaven author, poet.
- Amalie Skram author
- Arnulf Øverland author
- Carl Søyland Norwegian American editor-in-chief of Nordisk Tidende
- Nordahl Grieg poet, author
- Torborg Nedreaas author and winner of the Kritikerprisen
- Babbis Friis-Baastad children's writer
- Gunnar Staalesen author
- Grethe Fatima Syéd, literary critic, novelist
Musicians
- Ole Bull, violinist, composer.
- Edvard Grieg, composer, pianist.
- Harald Sæverud, composer
- Jan Eggum singer-songwriter
- Truls Mørk cellist
- Sissel Kyrkjebø singer
- Magnet (musician) musician
- Varg Vikernes musician: Burzum/Mayhem, convicted murderer
- Kristian Espedal musician: God Seed/Gorgororth/Gaahlskagg/Wardruna
- Erlend Øye musician
- Eirik Glambek Bøe musician
- Kurt Nilsen musician, singer-songwriter
- Anne Lilia Berge Strand musician
- Einar Selvik musician: Gorgoroth/Wardruna
- Sondre Lerche musician
- John Olav Nilsen singer, songwriter
- Lars Vaular rapper
- Christine Guldbrandsen singer
- Marthe Wang singer, songwriter
- Kygo Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll, DJ, record producer
- Aurora Aksnes singer, songwriter
- Alan Walker producer
- KREAM record producers
- Tom Cato Visnes musician: Gorgoroth/Wardruna/King OV Hell/I/Abbath
- Olve Eikemo musician: Immortal/Abbath/Bömbers
- Ørjan Stedjeberg musician: Taake/Ragnarok/Gorgoroth
- Roger Tiegs musician: Gorgoroth/Borknagar/Desekrator/Orcustus
Scientists
- Gerhard Armauer Hansen leprosy researcher
- Leonhard Hess Stejneger ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist
- Hans Henrik Reusch a geologist, geomorphologist and educator.
- Reidar Fauske Sognnaes, Dean of the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine
- Søren Laland, biochemist
- Ivar Giaever Nobel Prize in Physics laureate in 1973
Politicians
- Trond Torleivsson Benkestok nobleman
- Georg Wallace elected to the Storting in 1850 for Bergen
- Christian Wilhelm Wisbech elected to parliament in 1883 and 1889
- Christian Michelsen ship owner, Prime Minister of Norway
- Albert Viljam Hagelin, politician for the Nasjonal Samling
- Ingvald B. Aase trade unionist and politician for the Labour and Communist parties
- Carl Joachim Hambro politician, President of Parliament
- Gulbrand Lunde, politician for the Nasjonal Samling
- Erna Solberg 28th Prime Minister of Norway
- Marte Mjøs Persen, member of the Cabinet of Norway
Sport
- Roald Jensen football player
- Terje Hauge football referee
- Arne Sandstø football manager
- Mia Hundvin handballer
- Trude Gundersen taekwondo athlete
- Erik Huseklepp football player
- Nils Jakob Hoff rower
- Alexander Dale Oen swimmer
- Magnus Midtbø climber
- Maren Mjelde football player
- Jakob Glesnes football player
- Renate Blindheim football manager
- Vilde Bøe Risa football player
- Gustav Iden triathlete
- Kristian Blummenfelt triathlete
Others
- Ulrik Vilhelm Koren Norwegian-American Lutheran church leader
- Tryggve Gran aviator
- Leif Andreas Larsen naval officer
- Max Manus decorated resistance-fighter
- Terje Rød-Larsen diplomat, sociologist
- Peter Sunde entrepreneur, The Pirate Bay
- El Rubius Rubén Gundersen, YouTube personality, the 49th most subscribed on YouTube