List of personalities from the city of Fredrikstad
The list of personalities of the city of Fredrikstad contains people who were born in Fredrikstad as well as those who lived there temporarily, each listed chronologically according to the year of birth.
Personalities born in Fredrikstad
Until 1899
- Johan Caspar von Cicignon (1626–1696), general, town planner, engineer, commander of Fredrikstad Fortress
- Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771–1824), lay preacher, founder of the Haugian movement
- Ole Jacob Broch (1818–1889), scientist and politician
- Laura Cathrine Bjølstad (1837–1868), Edvard Munch's mother
- Edvard Ellingsen (1855–1938), engineer, educator, arachnologist and entomologist
- Johan Oscar Smith (-), naval officer and founder of the Brunstad Christian Church
- Eyvind Alnæs (1872–1932), composer
- Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), polar explorer, born in the district of Borge
- Andreas Brecke (1879–1952),
- Johan Koren (1879–1919), polar explorer and hunter
1900-1949
- Thorleif Kristoffersen (1900–1971), sailor
- Halvdan Eyvind Stokke (1900–1977), politician
- Charles Hoff (1902–1985), track and field athlete
- Ty Anderson (1908–1989), American ice hockey player
- Herman Hebler (1911-2007), graphic artist
- Berit Ås (* 1928), politician and social psychologist
- Sverre Wilberg (1929–1996), film and theater actor
- Thormod Moum (1934-2015), speed skating trainer and functionary
- Kirsten A. Seaver (* 1934), Norwegian-American writer and historian
- Jan Andrew Nilsen (1936–2014), community college teacher and writer
- Bjørn Johansen (1940–2002), jazz saxophonist and flutist
- Trygve Madsen (* 1940), pianist and composer
- Egil Olsen (* 1942), football coach
- Roy Kristiansen (* 1943), mineral collector and mycologist
- Jan Erik Humlekjær (* 1946), archer
- Leif Jensen (* 1948), weightlifter and Olympic champion
- Svein Roald Hansen (* 1949), politician
- Nils Christian Stenseth (* 1949), biologist
1950-1974
- Carl-Erik Grimstad (* 1952), journalist, writer and politician
- May Hansen (* 1953), politician
- Geir Johnson (* 1953), composer and author
- Per Egil Ahlsen (* 1958), football player
- Kai Erik Herlovsen (* 1959), football player
- Dennis Storhøi (* 1960), film and theater actor
- Jørn Andersen (* 1963), football player and coach
- Tore Pedersen (* 1969), football player
- Desirée Bjerke (* 1971), skeleton pilot
Since 1975
- Magnus Andersen (* 1975), handball player
- Andy LaPlegua (* 1975), musician and singer
- Martin Knold (* 1976), ice hockey player
- Jostein Hasselgård (* 1979), pop singer
- Kari Mette Johansen (* 1979), handball player
- Erik Lund (* 1979), rugby player
- Bård Nesteng (* 1979), archer
- Lise Risom Olsen (* 1979), actress
- Simen Brenne (* 1981), soccer player
- Peter Lorentzen (* 1983), ice hockey player
- Mads Østberg (* 1987), rally driver
- Kari Brattset (* 1991), handball player
- Freddy André Øvstegård (* 1994), politician
- Dennis Olsen (* 1996), racing car driver
- Leah Isadora Behn (* 2005), daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and writer Ari Behn
People related to Fredrikstad
- Bjarne Aas (1886–1969), sailor and shipyard owner
- Otto Lous Mohr (1886–1967), geneticist and research politician
- Inger Hagerup (1905–1985), poet and writer
- Egil Hovland (1924-2013), composer
- Bjørn Skau (1929–2013), politician
- Stephan Groth (* 1971), musician
- Kampfar (founded in 1994), black and folk metal band