- Herman Smith-Johannsen
Herman "Jackrabbit" Smith-Johannsen (June 15, 1875 - January 5, 1987) was a Norwegian-Canadian who gained widespread recognition for being one of the first people to introduce the sport of cross-country skiing to North America. He attained legendary status in Canada for the many contributions he made to the sport and for his personal longevity. Johannsen was born near Norway's capital Oslo, and graduated with an engineering degree from the University of Berlin in 1899. - Henry Larsen
Henry Asbjörn Larsen was a Canadian Arctic explorer. Larsen was born in Norway, like his hero, Roald Amundsen. And, like Amundsen, he became a seaman. Larsen immigrated to Canada and became a British citizen in 1927. In 1928 he joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). - Chuck Strahl
Charles Strahl, PC, MP (born February 25, 1957 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He is a Member of Parliament in the governing Conservative Party of Canada, and is Minister of Agriculture and Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board. Strahl was raised in British Columbia's Interior, attending Trinity Western University, and worked for a private logging and road building company. - Endre Johannes Cleven
Endre Johannes Cleven (May 8, 1874 - 1916) was a Norwegian-born Canadian who was prominent in the settlement and culture of Norwegian immigrants in Manitoba, Canada during the early 20th century. :"(The following is based on a Norwegian-language article in "Decorah Posten, a newspaper for Scandinavian immigrants once published in Decorah, Iowa.) Cleven was the youngest of seven siblings, was born in Skudenes, Norway to Ingebjorg and Johannes Kleven. - Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. Mitchell grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Mitchell's singing, over several decades, began in small nightclubs and busking on the streets of Toronto and in her native Western Canada. She subsequently became associated with the burgeoning folk music scene of the mid-1960s in New York City. - Denny Morrison
Denny Morrison (born on September 8, 1985 in Chetwynd, British Columbia) is a Canadian speedskater from Fort St. John, British Columbia. His best distance, so far in his career, is the 1500-m, where his personal best 1:42.97 is the 3rd best in the world (as of January 2007), but he is also a strong allrounder. He won 4th places in the Junior World Allround Championships in 2004 and 2005, and a 5th place in his first senior World Allround in 2006. - Carolyn Stewart-Olsen
Carolyn Stewart-Olsen (frequently reported as Carolyn Stewart Olsen) is press secretary to Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, part of the Communications department of the Prime Minister's Office. - Roger Petersen
Roger Petersen is a Canadian television news reporter. He served as anchor on "CityNews" (formerly "CityPulse") and "Breakfast Television" on Toronto's CITY-TV (Citytv Toronto) from 1999 until 2004, when he moved to Vancouver's CKVU (Citytv Vancouver) and became that station's lead male anchor with co-anchor Julie Nolin. He remained in that position until the cancellation of that newscast on July 12 , 2006. He is currently a reporter for CTV Toronto. - George Knudson
George Alfred Christian Knudson, CM (June 28, 1937 - January 24, 1989) was a Canadian golfer, who still holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins ever on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he learned to play golf at the St Charles Golf and Country Club. Between 1961 and 1972 he won eight tournaments on the PGA Tour. He won the Canadian PGA Championship five times and won the World Cup of Golf with Al Balding in 1968. - Gerda Hnatyshyn
Karen Gerda Hnatyshyn, CC (née Karen Gerda Nygaard Andreasen was the wife of Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor General of Canada from 1990 to 1995, and served as viceregal consort during Ray Hnatyshyn's term of office. As the spouse of a Governor General, she was also invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada upon Ray Hnatyshyn's swearing-in. She published a book, "Rideau Hall: Canada's Living Heritage", about Rideau Hall in 1995. - George Pedersen
K. George Pedersen (born 1931) is a Canadian academic administrator who was the president of Simon Fraser University (1979 to 1983), University of British Columbia (1983 to 1985), University of Western Ontario (1985 to 1994), interim president of the University of Northern British Columbia, and founding president of Royal Roads University. In 1998, he appointed chancellor of the University of Northern British Columbia. - Christine Nordhagen
Christine Nordhagen-Vierling (born June 26, 1971 in Grande Prairie, Alberta) is a Canadian wrestler. - Rick Hansen
Richard Marvin Hansen CC, OBC, LLD "(honoris causa)", D.Litt. "(honoris causa)" (born August 26, 1957) is a Canadian paraplegic athlete and activist for people with spinal cord injuries. Following a car crash at the age of 15, Hansen sustained a spinal cord injury that paralyzed him from the belly button down. Hansen is most famous for his "Man in Motion" world tour. - Kristina Groves
Kristina Groves (born on December 4, 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian speed skater. As of 1 January 2006, she is ranked 4th on the women's Adelskalender. She placed 8th in the women's 3000m speed skating at the 2006 Olympics and was part of the silver medal winning Canadian pursuit team. She also won a silver medal in the 1500m. Groves is of Norwegian descent. - Sonja Skarstedt
Sonja Skarstedt (born 1960) is a Canadian poet, short story, playwright writer, painter and illustrator. Born in Montreal, Quebec, she is the founder and former editor of the literary magazine "Zymergy, 1987-1991", and founder of Empyreal Press, 1990. She graduated from McGill University [BA, English Literature] in 1982. She is married to the artist Geof Isherwood. Link: www.skarwood.com. - Paul Thorlakson
Paul Henrik Thorbjorn Thorlakson, CC, MD (October 5, 1895 - October 19, 1989) was a Canadian physician and Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg. Born in Park River, North Dakota, the son of an Icelandic father and a Norwegian mother, he grew up in Selkirk, Manitoba. During World War I he was a medical sergeant. After the war he received his medical degree from the University of Manitoba in 1919. - Rachel Skarsten
Rachel Skarsten (born April 23, 1985 in Toronto) is a Canadian actress. Skarsten studied ballet in Toronto Royal Academy of Dance and instrumental music at Claude Watson School for the Arts where she was a cellist in the school orchestra. Later she was hired to play Bess in the television series "Little Men" and Dinah Lance in the television series "Birds of Prey." Skarsten also enjoys skiing, skating, swimming, … - Bruce Haack
Bruce Clinton Haack (1931-1988) was a musician and composer, and a pioneer within the realm of electronic music. He was born in Alberta, Canada. Haack had a notoriously disturbed childhood, growing up in a dysfunctional rural Alberta home. He received a degree in psychology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Later, he attended the Juilliard School of Music in New York on a scholarship, where he made many friendships that would prove important to his career. - Jeff Friesen
Jeff Friesen (born Jeff Daryl Friesen on August 5, 1976 in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a professional hockey player. - Melody Anderson
Melody Anderson (born December 3, 1955) is a Canadian-American social worker and public speaker specializing in the impact of addiction on families. She is more widely known as an actress, with her most high-profile role being Dale Arden in the 1980 adaptation of "Flash Gordon". - Pat Onstad
Patrick Onstad (born January 13, 1968 in Vancouver) is a professional Canadian soccer goalkeeper. He is an active member of the Canadian national soccer team, and currently plays for Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer. Onstad began his lengthy soccer career tending goal at the University of British Columbia, who he led to three CIAU National Championships. After graduating, Onstad joined the Vancouver 86ers of the Canadian Soccer League in 1987. - Hans Lars Helgesen
Hans Lars Helgesen (born 21 August 1831 in Asker, Norway - ?) was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1878 to 1886. Helgesen is reckoned to be the first notable Norwegian to settle permanently in British Columbia, arriving from California to take part in the gold rush. During the 1860s he was elected to the colonial assembly. In 1878 he was elected to the provincial legislature, representing the riding of Esquimalt. - Colin Hansen
Colin Hansen (born 1952) is British Columbia's Minister of Economic Development, and Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Born on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Hansen was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia during the general election of 1996 and re-elected in the general elections of 2001 and 2005. He represents the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena. - Terry Puhl
Terry Stephen Puhl (born July 8, 1956 in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a former professional baseball player. - John Qualen
John Qualen (December 8, 1899 - September 12, 1987) was a Canadian film character actor. Qualen was born Johan Mandt Kvalen in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of immigrants from Norway; his father was a Lutheran minister and changed the family's original surname, "Kvalen", to "Qualen". Qualen grew up in Elgin, Illinois. His acting career began when he was at Northwestern University which he attended on a scholarship from having won an oratory contest. - Anne Heggtveit
Anne Heggtveit (born January 11, 1939 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian alpine skiier. Her father, Halvor Heggtveit, a Canadian cross-country champion, encouraged her at a young age. A student at Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, she learned to ski in the nearby Gatineau Hills of Quebec. In 1954, at the age of 15, she first gained international attention when she became the youngest winner ever of the Holmenkollen Giant Slalom event in Norway. - Mitch Dorge
Mitch Dorge (born Michel Dorge, September 15, 1960 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a drummer/composer/record producer. He started playing drum lessons at 6. His first band consisted of an accordian and him on drums. His friend moved to bass and they jammed to Black Sabbath. He has been with the Crash Test Dummies since 1991, and has been credited as co-producer for both "God Shuffled His Feet" and "A Worm's Life", … - Holly Nelson
Holly Nelson is a Canadian poet and writer. She was leader of the Green Party of Manitoba from 2005 to 2006. - Brendan Fehr
Brendan Jacob Joel Fehr (born October 29, 1977) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Michael Guerin on the WB television series "Roswell". He modeled to earn more pocket money and his pictures appeared in magazines. He was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where in 1996 he was cast in an early Internet soap opera, "CR6". He broke into television in 1997 when he was cast in "Breaker High". - Fred Stenson
Frederick (Fred) Stenson (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian writer of historical fiction and non-fiction relating to the Canadian West. In addition to his published work, Stenson has been a faculty member at The Banff Centre, and a documentary film writer. His 2000 novel "The Trade" was shortlisted for Canada's Giller Prize. He lives married to the poet Pamela Banting and lives in Calgary, Alberta. - Carmen Rasmusen
Carmen Rasmusen is a Canadian-American country singer and songwriter who ranked sixth on the second season of "American Idol" in 2003. Carmen also pays piano and guitar. Despite being eliminated, Carmen released by herself an EP, called "Carmen" featuring her first single, "Photograph". Three years later, Carmen signed a record deal with an independent country record label, Lofton Creek Records. - Cliff Ronning
Clifford John Ronning (b. October 1, 1965 in Burnaby, British Columbia) is a former professional ice hockey forward. He was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the 7th round of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, 134th overall. During an NHL career that spanned 18 years, Ronning played for the Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Phoenix Coyotes, Nashville Predators, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild and New York Islanders. - Dawna Friesen
Dawna Friesen is a foreign correspondent for NBC News, based in the network's London bureau. She appears on NBC and MSNBC. A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and graduate of Red River College, Friesen has worked in journalism since 1985, working across Western Canada – in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Vancouver, British Columbia. She reported and anchored for CBC television in Vancouver and for CBC Newsworld. - Cindy Klassen
Cindy Klassen (born August 12, 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian skater and Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian. Klassen is a descendant of Mennonite immigrants to Manitoba and is a graduate of Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute in Winnipeg. She started her sports career as an ice hockey player; in her youth she played for the Canadian National Youth Team. When she wasn't selected for the 1998 Winter Olympics, … - Glenn Anderson
Glenn Christopher Anderson (Born - October 2, 1960 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger in the National Hockey League who played for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Blues. - Karen Magnussen
Karen Diane Magnussen (born April 4, 1952 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian figure skater. She won the silver medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics, and is 1973 World Champion. In 1973 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada - Ione Christensen
Ione Jean Christensen, CM (born October 10, 1933) is a former Canadian Senator. Born in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to former Northwest Mounted Police constable Gordon Irwin Cameron, and Dawson City born Martha Ballentine Cameron, her family moved to Whitehorse, Yukon in 1949. Christensen graduated from high school in 1953. She received an Associate in Arts Degree in Business Administration from the College of San Mateo in California. - Maynard Sonntag
Maynard Sonntag is the current Minister of Crown Investments Corporation and First Nations and Metis Relations in the government of Saskatchewan and MLA for Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. He was raised and educated in Goodsoil, Saskatchewan. Prior to being elected, Sonntag was a manager in the Credit Union system from 1980-1991. Sonntag was first elected to the Legislature in 1991 and was re-elected in 1995, 1999 and 2003. - Kevin Yates
Kevin Yates is a Canadian politician, currently serving as an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Regina Dewdney. Born in Carmichael, Saskatchewan, he moved to Regina in 1983 and has lived in the Regina Dewdney constituency for the past 16 years. Before Yates was elected the MLA for Regina Dewdney he was employed by the Saskatchewan Provincial Government as a Social Service Worker and Corrections Worker for 15 years. - John Nilson
John Nilson is a Canadian politician in Saskatchewan. He is presently the Minister of Environment, Minister responsible for SaskPower and the Office of Energy Conservation. A former lawyer with the Saskatchewan law firm Macpherson Leslie and Tyerman, he was elected as member of the legislative assembly for Regina Lakeview on June 21, 1995. He was appointed as Minister of Justice and Attorney General on November 22, 1995, …
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