Akershus
Akershus ranks 13,590th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kyrgyzstan, Bathurst, New Brunswick, and Campbellton, New Brunswick. Memorable people born in Akershus include Geir Karlstad. Akershus has been the birth place of many skaters. Akershus is located in Norway.
Akershus is a county in Norway, with Oslo as its administrative centre. Akershus has been a region in Eastern Norway with Oslo as its main city since the Middle Ages, and is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo and ultimately after the medieval farm Aker in Oslo. From the Middle Ages to 1919, Akershus was a main fief and main county that included most of Eastern Norway, and from the 17th century until 2020 and again from 2024, Akershus also has a more narrow meaning as a smaller central county in the Greater Oslo Region. Akershus is Norway's largest county by population with over 716,000 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 1963, Akershus was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Geir Karlstad.
People Born in Akershus
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Akershus were skaters (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, skaters have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Akershus, including Geir Karlstad. Whereas, throughout history, skaters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Akershus, including Geir Karlstad.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Akershus since 1700.
