List of personalities from the city of Sarpsborg

The list of personalities of the city of Sarpsborg contains people who were born in Sarpsborg , Norway , as well as those who lived and worked there for a time, each listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Sarpsborg

Until 1950

Oscar Fredrik Torp around 1950

Kai Eide

• Ole Iversen (1884–1953), Turner, Olympic participant 1908
• Jørgen Andersen (1886–1973), Turner, Olympian in 1912 and 1920
• Asbjørn Bodahl (1886–1962), Turner, Olympic participant 1920
• Wilhelm Hansen (1886–1962), rower, Olympic participant in 1908
• Petter Martinsen (1887–1972), Turner, Olympic competitor 1912
• Oscar Torp (1893–1958), social democratic politician
• Asbjørn Halvorsen (1898–1955), football player and coach
• Per Holm (1899–1974), football player, Olympic participant 1920
• Rolf Hansen (1906–1980), track and field athlete, Olympic participant in 1936
• Reidar Sørlie (1909–1969), athlete, Olympic participant in 1936
• William Karlsen (1910–1986), swimmer, Olympic competitor 1932
• Kristian Henriksen (1911–2004), national soccer player
• Arne Arnardo (1912–1995), artist and circus director
• Bjørn Spydevold (1918–2002), football player, Olympic participant in 1952
• Arnold Haukeland (1920–1983), sculptor
• Nils Ole Oftebro (* 1944), actor and voice actor
• Rolf Pettersen (1946–1981), cross-country skier, Olympic participant in 1968
• Svein Thøgersen (* 1946), rower, Olympic participant 1972
• Kai Eide (* 1949), UN diplomat

From 1950

Thomas Myhre

Stian Tønnesen

Ranghild Aamodt

• Ingjerd Schou (* 1955), conservative politician
• Norunn Tveiten Benestad (* 1956), politician
• Sissel Grottenberg (* 1956), marathon runner, Olympic participant in 1988
• Morten Andreas Meyer (* 1959), conservative politician
• Tommy Skaarberg (* 1960), ice hockey player, Olympic participant 1996
• Atle Norstad (* 1961), bobsledder, Olympic participant 1992
• Bjørn Waag (* 1961), singer
• Heidi Støre (* 1963), soccer player, Olympic participant 1988
• Lindy Hansen (* 1969), marksman, Olympic participant 1992, 1996 and 2000
• Jarl Inge Melberg (* 1970), swimmer, Olympic participant 1992
• Ulf Leirstein (* 1973), politician
• Thomas Myhre (* 1973), football player
• Ann Christin Elverum (* 1974), actress, singer, dancer and musical artist
• Jan Thomas Lauritzen (* 1974), handball player
• Stian Tønnesen (* 1974), handball player
• Erik Varden (* 1974), Roman Catholic religious, prelate of Trondheim
• Jens Arne Svartedal (* 1976), cross-country skier, world champion 2007
• Per-Åge Skrøder (* 1978), ice hockey player
• Ragnhild Aamodt (* 1980), handball player
• Jonas Andersen (* 1981), ice hockey player
• Ida Bjørndalen (* 1983), handball player
• Jonas Holøs (* 1987), ice hockey player
• Alexandra Engen (* 1988), cyclist
• Tommy Kristiansen (* 1989), ice hockey player

People related to Sarpsborg

• Carl Berner (1851–1918), politician, Stortings delegate for Sarpsborg from 1903 to 1909
• Svend Martinsen (1900–1968), wrestler, lived and trained in Sarpsborg
• Hjalmar Andresen (1914–1982), national soccer player, played in Sarpsborg
• Villy Andersen (1925-2013), national soccer player, played in Sarpsborg
• Bård Mikkelsen (* 1948), entrepreneur, grew up in Sarpsborg
• Peter Mokrosiński (* 1953), cameraman, film director and screenwriter, lived with his family in Sarpsborg
• Stephan Groth (* 1971), singer, lived in Sarpsborg from 1986
• Matthew Yeats (* 1979), ice hockey player, played in Sarpsborg from 2007 to 2008
• Martin Røymark (* 1986), ice hockey player, played in Sarpsborg from 2005 to 2009
• Joackim Jørgensen (* 1988), football player, lived and trained in Sarpsborg from the age of 14 and played for Sparta Sarpsborg and Sarpsborg 08 FF from 2007 to 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ole Iversen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
2. ↑ Jørgen Andersen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
3. ↑ Asbjørn Bodahl in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
4. ^ Wilhelm Hansen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
5. ↑ Petter Martinsen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
6. ↑ Per Holm in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
7. ^ Rolf Hansen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
8. ↑ Reidar Sørlie in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
9. ↑ William Karlsen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
10. ↑ Kristian Henriksen in the database of weltfussball.de. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
11. ↑ Arne Arnardo in the Norske Leksikon store
12. ↑ Bjørn Spydevold in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
13. ↑ Rolf Pettersen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
14. ↑ Svein Thøgersen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
15. ↑ Sissel Grottenberg in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
16. ↑ Tommy Skaarberg in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
17. ^ Atle Norstad in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
18. ↑ Heidi Støre in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
19. ↑ Lindy Hansen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
20. ↑ Jarl Inge Melberg in the database of Sports-Reference (English, archived by the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
21. ↑ Alexandra Engen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
22. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of the national players of Norway