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Kristiansand (nor)

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Kristiansand ranks 1,031st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Drammen, Enfield, London, and Pensacola, Florida. Memorable people born in Kristiansand include Camilla Collett, Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, and Henrik Wergeland. Memorable people who died in Kristiansand include Jørgen Moe, Kristian Prestrud, and Ferdinand Bie. Kristiansand has been the birth place of many writers, and athletes and the death place of many writers, and explorers. Kristiansand is located in Norway.

Kristiansand is a city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation of the municipalities of Søgne and Songdalen into the greater Kristiansand municipality. In addition to the city itself, Statistics Norway count four other densely populated areas in the municipality: Skålevik in Flekkerøy with a population of 3,526 in the Vågsbygd borough, Strai with a population of 1,636 in the Grim borough, Justvik with a population of 1,803 in the Lund borough, and Tveit with a population of 1,396 in the Oddernes borough. Kristiansand is divided into five boroughs; -Grim, which is located northwest in Kristiansand with a population of 15,000; Kvadraturen, which is the centre and downtown Kristiansand with a population of 5,200; Lund, the second largest borough; Søgne, with a population of around 12,000 and incorporated into the municipality of Kristiansand as of January 2020; Oddernes, a borough located in the west; and Vågsbygd, the largest borough with a population of 36,000, located in the southwest. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1808 and 1996, Kristiansand was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Camilla Collett, Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, and Henrik Wergeland. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Kristiansand including Jørgen Moe, Kristian Prestrud, and Ferdinand Bie.

People Born in Kristiansand

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Kristiansand were writers (3), athletes (3), handball players (2), companions (1), and musicians (1),  while most who died were writers (1), explorers (1), and athletes (1).

Over the past 100 years, handball players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kristiansand, including Katrine Lunde, and Kristine Lunde-Borgersen. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kristiansand, including Camilla Collett, Henrik Wergeland, and Jens Bjørneboe.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Kristiansand since 1700.