- male, deceased (1896)
- Ivar Andreas Aasen. An unofficial variety of Norwegian more close to Aasen's language is still found in Høgnorsk ("High Norwegian"). Aasen c...
- female, deceased (1949)
- Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1928. Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved...
- male, deceased (1970)
- Tarjei Vesaas (August 20 1897 - March 15 1970) was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Born in Vinje, Telemark, Vesaas is widely considered to be one of...
- male, deceased (1895)
- Knud Knudsen was a Norwegian linguist. He was involved in the development of the "Riksmål" and "Bokmål" form of the written Norwegian language.
- male, deceased (932)
- Rollo (c. 860 - c. 932) was the founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as Normandy. He is also in some...
- male, 53 years old
- Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad, commonly known as Mullah Krekar, born July 7, 1956, is an Iraqi Kurd who came to Norway as a refugee from northern Iraq in...
- male, 64 years old
- Sylfest Lomheim is a Norwegian philologist, and director of the Norwegian Language Council, "Språkrådet". He is also amanuensis in the Norwegian la...
- male, deceased (1879)
- Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål (...
- male, deceased (1000)
- Erik the Red founded the first Nordic settlement in Greenland. Born in the Jæren district of Rogaland, Norway as the son of Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson (Th...
- female, deceased (1283)
- Margaret of Scotland was queen of Norway, married to King Eirik II of Norway. She was the daughter of King Alexander III of Scotland and his first...
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