RACING DRIVERS from Norway

Top 4

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

1. Petter Solberg (1974 - )

With an HPI of 48.43, Petter Solberg is the most famous Norwegian Racing Driver.  His biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.

Petter Solberg (born 18 November 1974), nicknamed Mr. Hollywood, is a Norwegian former professional rally and rallycross driver. Solberg debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1998 and was signed by the Ford factory team in 1999. The following year, Solberg started his successful partnership with the Subaru World Rally Team. With the Subaru works team, Solberg finished runner-up to Marcus Grönholm in 2002 and then became the first Norwegian to win the drivers' world title in 2003. In the following two seasons, he finished runner-up to Sébastien Loeb. Following Subaru's withdrawal from the WRC at the end of the 2008 season, Solberg secured private backing to start the Petter Solberg World Rally Team and competed with a Citroën Xsara WRC, a Citroën C4 WRC and a Citroën DS3 WRC. In 2012 Petter returned to a factory team, joining the Ford World Rally Team 12 years after making his WRC debut with the same team. He switched to rallycross for the 2013 season, and in the 2014 he became the inaugural winner of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, after five race wins and nine podium finishes. He repeated his title success the following year. In 2017, Petter set up the PSRX Volkswagen Sweden team in partnership with Volkswagen Motorsport, and won the Team's Championship in both 2017 and 2018 before his retirement from full-time motorsport. Solberg's son, Oliver Solberg, is also a rally driver; they have regularly competed together at the Race of Champions.

2. Henning Solberg (1973 - )

With an HPI of 36.91, Henning Solberg is the 2nd most famous Norwegian Racing Driver.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Henning Solberg (born 8 January 1973) is a Norwegian rally and rallycross driver. Together with his female co-driver Ilka Minor, he currently competes in the World Rally Championship (WRC) with cars of M-Sport. Solberg is the older brother of the 2003 FIA World Rally Champion Petter Solberg and through his Swedish spouse Maud the stepfather of Swedish rally driver Pontus Tidemand.

3. Andreas Mikkelsen (1989 - )

With an HPI of 31.36, Andreas Mikkelsen is the 3rd most famous Norwegian Racing Driver.  His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.

Andreas Mikkelsen (born 22 June 1989) is a Norwegian rally driver. He is currently competing in the World Rally Championship for Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT. He previously drove for the factory teams of Volkswagen and Citroën, finishing third in the drivers' standings in 2014, 2015 and 2016. His current co-driver is Torstein Eriksen. He is a two-time Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion, having finished first in 2011 and 2012. In 2021, Mikkelsen became the drivers' champion in both the WRC-2 and the European Rally Championship. He won WRC-2 for a second time in 2023.

4. Mads Østberg (1987 - )

With an HPI of 28.92, Mads Østberg is the 4th most famous Norwegian Racing Driver.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Mads Østberg (born 11 October 1987) is a Norwegian rally driver. His co-driver is Torstein Eriksen.