(born April 20, 1939) is a Norwegian politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She is a former Prime Minister of Norway, and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization. She now serves as an Environmental Envoy of the United Nations.

(born March 16, 1959) is a Norwegian economist, leader (since 2002) of the Norwegian Labour Party and the current Prime Minister of Norway. Stoltenberg was the leader of the Workers' Youth League between 1985 and 1989, and the Oslo chapter of the Labour Party between 1990 and 1992. He was junior minister (statssekretær) in the Department of the Environment 1990-1991, Minister of Industry 1993-1996, and Minister of Finance 1996-1997.

(born September 3, 1947) is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005, making him Norway's longest serving non-Socialist Prime Minister since World War II. He is also the first Prime Minister who took sick leave due to mental illness. Currently, he is the President of the Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights. The 31 October 2006 he published his memoir, …

(born on May 10, 1897 - September 19, 1987) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was Prime Minister in three periods, from 1945 to 1951, from 1955 to 1963 and from 1963 to 1965. With 17 years in office, he is the longest serving Prime Minister in Norway since the introduction of parliamentarism. By many Norwegians often just referred to as "Landsfaderen" (Father of the Nation), …

Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen (March 15, 1857 - June 29, 1925) was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1905 to 1907. Michelsen is most known for his central role in the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905, and was one of Norway's most influential politicians of his day. Born in Bergen, Michelsen was a lawyer and ship-owner. He became a member of the Norwegian parliament in 1891, …

(April 3, 1913 – January 20, 2005) was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party and Prime Minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971. Borten was born in Flå in the municipality of Melhus in Sør-Trøndelag, and was educated Agriculturist from the Agricultural University of Norway in 1939. He started his political career serving as mayor of his home municipally, Flå, from 1945 to 1955. He was elected to the Norwegian parliament in 1949 and stayed there until his retirement in 1977.

(born November 5, 1950) is a Norwegian politician. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1996 to 1997 leading the cabinet Jagland, and then Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. He was leader of the Norwegian Labour Party from 1992 to 2002, and was succeeded by Jens Stoltenberg. Thorbjørn Jagland currently serves as president (speaker) of the Norwegian Parliament from October 2005. He has been member of parliament since 1993.

(born October 3, 1928) is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1981 to 1986. Willoch graduated as an economist (cand. oecon.) from the University of Oslo. He served in the Norwegian Brigade that formed part of the Allied occupation in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, after World War II, and became a dedicated friend of Germany during that time. He speaks Norwegian, English, German and French, and has published a number of books.

Abraham Theodor Berge (August 20, 1851-July 10, 1936) was a Norwegian politician representing Venstre, the social liberal party, and later Frisinnede Venstre, a right-of-centre party. Born in Lyngdal in present-day Vest-Agder, he was Prime Minister of Norway from 1923 to 1924. A teacher by profession, Berge started his political career in Lista in the present-day municipality of Farsund, where he was in 1882 elected mayor.

Thorvald Stoltenberg (born July 8, 1931) is a prominent Norwegian politician. He served as Minister of Defense (1979-81) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1987-1989 and 1990-1993) in two Labour governments. From 1989 to 1990 he was appointed Norwegian Ambassador to the UN. In 1990 he became the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, …

Christopher Andersen Hornsrud (15 November 1859 - 13 December 1960) served as Prime Minister of Norway from January to February 1928. Although his tenure as Prime Minister was brief, his list of political accomplishments is not. He was the first Prime Minister to come from the Norwegian Labour Party, which would later dominate the country's government for many years.

(November 25, 1930 - September 17, 1997) was a lawyer and Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1989 to 1990. He also served as Minister of Industry from 1983 to 1985. He served in the Norwegian parliament for over 25 years until his sudden death from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1997.

(April 29, 1916 - July 4, 2006) was a Norwegian politician from the Christian Democratic Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1972 to 1973, leading the cabinet that took over when Trygve Bratteli resigned in the wake of the first referendum over Norway's membership in the European Economic Community.

(born November 3, 1927) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1976 to 1981. Nordli grew up in Tangen, in the Stange-district of Hedmark and became a certified accountant before entering politics. He also had to govern through several tough cases like the so-called double-resolution over NATO and the national controversy over the damming of the Alta-Kautokeino river. In 1981 he was made fylkesmann (governor) of Hedmark county, …

Christian Homann Schweigaard was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party, and Prime Minister of Norway in 1884. Before this he had been Minister of Auditing 1880 - 1882, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1881 and 1882 - 1883, and Minister of Finance 1883 - 1884.

Johan Sverdrup (July 30, 1816 - February 17, 1892) was a Norwegian politician from the Social Liberal Party. He was the first Prime Minister of Norway after the introduction of parliamentarism. Sverdrup was Prime Minister from 1884 to 1889.

Johan Nygaardsvold (September 6, 1879 - March 13, 1952) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1935 to 1945 (from 1940 to 1945 in exile in London), as head of the cabinet Nygaardsvold.

(June 8, 1893 - May 1, 1958) was Prime Minister of Norway 1951 to 1955, and chairman of the Labour party (Det Norske Arbeiderparti) from 1923-1945. He was Mayor of Oslo from 1934-35. In 1935 he became chief of staff in the Ministry of Defense, and he became Minister of Defense in 1936 in the government of Johan Nygaardsvold. He was also Minister of Social Affairs from 1936-39, and he then became Minister of Finance in 1939-42.

Gunnar Knudsen (born Aanon Gunerius Knudsen on 19 September 1848, Arendal - 1 December 1928, Skien) was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1908 to 1910 and from 1913 to 1920, for a total of 9 years, 3 months and 4 days.

George Francis Hagerup (17 February 1853 - 13 July 1921) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1895 to 1898 and from 1903 to 1905.

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (22 October 1870, Bergen - 30 September 1943) was a Norwegian political figure representing Venstre, the social liberal party. He served as Prime Minister of Norway between 1924 and 1926, again from 1928 until 1931, and finally between 1933 and 1935.

Emil Stang (June 14, 1834 - July 4, 1912) was a Norwegian politician. He was first chairman of the Conservative Party from 1884-1889, and lead the party again 1891-1893, and again 1896-1899. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1889 to 1891 and from 1893 to 1895.

(August 22, 1905 - January 18, 1978) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from August 28 to September 25, 1963 in a coalition government of the Conservative Party, the Center Party, the Christian Democratic Party, and the Liberal Party.

Johannes Wilhelm Christian Steen (July 22, 1827 - April 1, 1906) was a Norwegian politician. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1891 to 1893 and from 1898 to 1902.

Wollert Konow (16 August 1845 - 1924) was a Norwegian politician. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1910 to 1912. Before this he had been Minister of the Interior 1891 - 1893, Minister of Agriculture 1898 - 1902, and Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Auditing 1902 - 1903.

Jens Bratlie (1856 - 1939) was a Norwegian politician. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1912 to 1913.

Ivar Lykke was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1926 to 1928.

Otto Bahr Halvorsen was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1920 to 1921 and again in 1923 when he died in office.

Jens Hundseid (May 6, 1883-December 13,1965) was a Norwegian politician from the Agrarian Party. He was a member of the Norwegian parliament from 1924 to 1940 and Prime Minister of Norway from 1932 to 1933. Hundseid joined the Norwegian party Nasjonal Samling who supported the Nazis in 1940. After the war he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Otto Albert Blehr (17 February 1847 - 13 July 1927) was a Norwegian politician representing the Social Liberal Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1902 to 1903 and from 1921 to 1923.

Peder Ludvik Kolstad (November 28, 1878-March 5, 1932) was a Norwegian politician from the Agrarian Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1931 until his death in 1932.

Sigurd Ibsen (1859-1930) was a Norwegian author and politician. As the only child of Henrik Ibsen and his wife Suzannah Thoresen, he was born to high expectations and struggled all his life to meet these. Sigurd Ibsen was born in Oslo. He was Prime Minister of Norway in Stockholm (i.e., the leader of the Norwegian delegation to the King of Sweden and Norway) from 1903 to 1905, while George Francis Hagerup was Prime Minister in Oslo, …

Mathias Otto Leth Sommerhielm was a Norwegian politician. He served as First Minister in Kristiania from 1815 to 1822, a position assigned to the most prominent cabinet minister at the time. In 1822, he became Prime Minister of Norway, an office located in Stockholm. He held the office until 1827, when the seat was vacated.

Odd Bondevik is a bishop in the Church of Norway. He has been bishop of Møre since 17 November 1991. Bondevik is an alumnus of MF Norwegian School of Theology, and worked as a missionary to Japan (1969-78) and from 1987 he worked at the home office of the Norwegian Missionary Society (NMS) as a secretary for mission. In 1980 he became the General Secretary of the Society, a position a held until he was consecrated bishop in 1991.

Count Hans Henrik von Essen was a Swedish soldier and statesman, born at Kaiås, West Gotland. He was educated in the State University at Upsala, then entered the army, a cornet at 18, and accompanied Gustavus III in his travels and campaigns. He was appointed Colonel in 1787, Major General in 1795 and Field Marshal in 1811. He served as the Over-Governor of Stockholm from 1795 to 1797 and as the Governor-General of Pomerania from 1800 to 1809.

Gunnar Kvassheim (born 14 June 1953 in Eigersund) is as of 2006 a member of the "Storting" (Norwegian parliament) from Rogaland County serving in the Norwegian Liberal Party ("Venstre"). Kvassheim originally won membership in the 1997 election, remaining in office until 2001. From 2001 to 2005 he was State Secretary in the office of the Norwegian Prime Minister. He returned to the "Storting" following the 2005 election.