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Norway

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Norway ranks 25th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Australia, South Korea, and Hungary. Memorable people born in present day Norway include Edvard Munch, Roald Amundsen, and Ragnar Lodbrok. Memorable people who died in Norway include Edvard Munch, Edvard Grieg, and Henrik Ibsen. Norway has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and writers.

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula with a population of 5.5 million as of 2024. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2006, present day Norway was the birth place of 1,093 globally memorable people, including Edvard Munch, Roald Amundsen, and Ragnar Lodbrok. Additionaly, 325 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Norway including Edvard Munch, Edvard Grieg, and Henrik Ibsen.

People Born in Present Day Norway

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People Deceased in Present Day Norway

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Norway were soccer players (170), athletes (136), politicians (129), skiers (125), and writers (86),  while most who died were politicians (79), writers (44), athletes (29), gymnasts (18), and soccer players (17).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Norway, including Arnfinn Bergmann, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, and Jørn Andersen. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Norway, including Arnfinn Bergmann, Jørgen Juve, and Ole Gunnar Solskjær.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Norway since 1700.