BUSINESSPEOPLE from Norway

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Norwegian Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous Norwegian Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Max Manus (1914 - 1996)

With an HPI of 52.68, Max Manus is the most famous Norwegian Businessperson.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.

Maximo Guillermo Manus DSO, MC & Bar (9 December 1914 – 20 September 1996) was a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II, specialising in sabotage in occupied Norway. After the war he wrote several books about his adventures and started the successful office supply company Max Manus AS.

2. Johan Anker (1871 - 1940)

With an HPI of 47.94, Johan Anker is the 2nd most famous Norwegian Businessperson.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Johan August Anker (26 June 1871 – 2 October 1940) was a Norwegian sailor and yacht designer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

3. Svend Foyn (1809 - 1894)

With an HPI of 44.00, Svend Foyn is the 3rd most famous Norwegian Businessperson.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Svend Foyn (July 9, 1809 – November 30, 1894) was a Norwegian whaling, shipping magnate and philanthropist. He pioneered revolutionary methods for hunting and processing whales. Svend Foyn introduced the modern harpoon cannon and brought whaling into a modern age. He is also recognized as a pioneer who introduced sealing to Vestfold County.

4. Terje Hauge (b. 1965)

With an HPI of 40.37, Terje Hauge is the 4th most famous Norwegian Businessperson.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Terje Hauge (born 5 October 1965 in Bergen, Norway) is a former Norwegian football referee from the club Olsvik IL.

5. Håkon Wium Lie (b. 1965)

With an HPI of 33.53, Håkon Wium Lie is the 5th most famous Norwegian Businessperson.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Håkon Wium Lie (born July 26, 1965) is a Norwegian web pioneer, a standards activist, and the chairman of YesLogic, developers of Prince CSS-based PDF rendering software. He is best known for developing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) while working with Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau at CERN in 1994. He was the chief technology officer of Opera Software from 1998 until the browser was sold to new owners in 2016.