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Norway

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Norway ranks 24th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Czechia, South Korea, and Greece. Memorable people born in present day Norway include Edvard Munch, Ragnar Lodbrok, and Roald Amundsen. 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 politicians and the death place of many politicians and writers.

Norway, formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency; 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 801 and 2006, present day Norway was the birth place of 927 globally memorable people, including Edvard Munch, Ragnar Lodbrok, and Roald Amundsen. Additionaly, 301 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 (139), politicians (118), skiers (116), athletes (88), and writers (77),  while most who died were politicians (75), writers (38), athletes (27), soccer players (17), and gymnasts (17).

Occupational Trends

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Norway, including Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Nils Arne Eggen, and Alf-Inge Håland. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Norway, including Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Nils Arne Eggen, and Alf-Inge Håland.

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Overlapping Lives

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

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