List of people from Bergen

This is a list of famous people from Bergen, Norway.

Artists, musicians and actors

• Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), playwright
• Ole Bull (1810–1880), violinist, composer
• Olve Eikemo, musician: Immortal (1973-)
• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), composer, pianist
• Helge Jordal, actor (1946–)
• Jan Eggum, singer-songwriter (1951–)
• Sissel Kyrkjebø, singer (1969–)
• Infernus, musician (1972)
• Erlend Øye, musician (1975–)
• Eirik Glambek Bøe, musician (1975–)
• Kurt Nilsen, musician (1978–)
• Anne Lilia Berge Strand, musician (1978-)
• Sondre Lerche, musician (1982–)
• Christine Guldbrandsen, singer (1985 - )
• Harald Sæverud, composer
• Varg Vikernes, musician: Burzum (1973 )
• Magnet (musician), musician (1970 - )
• Lars Vaular, rapper (1984–)

Authors

• Dorothe Engelbretsdotter, author (1634–1713)
• Johan Sebastian Welhaven, author, poet (1807–1873)
• Amalie Skram, author (1846–1905)
• Nordahl Grieg, poet, author (1902–1943)
• Arnulf Øverland, author (1889–1968)
• Torborg Nedreaas, author and winner of the Kritikerprisen (1906-1987)
• Gunnar Staalesen (1947-), author

Scientists

• Ivar Giaever Nobel Prize in Physics laureate in 1973 (b. 1929)
• Gerhard Armauer Hansen, leprosy researcher (1841–1912)
• Leonhard Hess Stejneger , ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist (1851 - 1943)

Politicians

• Tore Eikeland (1990-2011), politician for the Labour Party
• Carl Joachim Hambro, politician, President of Parliament (1885-1964)
• Trond Torleivsson Benkestok, nobleman (1490–1558)
• Robert Hagelin, politician for the Conservative Party (born 2 August 1884)
• Christian Michelsen, ship owner, prime minister (1857–1925)

Other

• Ulrik Vilhelm Koren, Norwegian-American Lutheran church leader (1826-1910)
• Tryggve Gran, aviator (1889–1980)
• Carl Søyland, Norwegian American Editor-in-chief of Nordisk Tidende (1894-1978)
• Leif Andreas Larsen, naval officer (1906–1990)
• Vidar Karlsen, mountainbiker (1980-)
• Roald Jensen, football player (1943–1987)
• Terje Rød-Larsen, diplomat, sociologist (1947-)
• Terje Hauge, football referee (1965-)
• Max Manus, decorated resistance-fighter (1914-1981)
• Peter Sunde, entrepreneur, The Pirate Bay (1978-)
• Cecilia Brækhus, boxer and former kickboxer. (1981-)
• Alexander Dale Oen, swimmer (1985-)
• Reidar Fauske Sognnaes (1911–1984), Dean of the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine, founding Dean of the UCLA School of Dentistry