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
- 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
- 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
- ↑ Ole Iversen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Jørgen Andersen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Asbjørn Bodahl in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ^ Wilhelm Hansen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Petter Martinsen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Per Holm in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ^ Rolf Hansen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Reidar Sørlie in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ William Karlsen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Kristian Henriksen in the database of weltfussball.de. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- ↑ Arne Arnardo in the Norske Leksikon store
- ↑ Bjørn Spydevold in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Rolf Pettersen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Svein Thøgersen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Sissel Grottenberg in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Tommy Skaarberg in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ^ Atle Norstad in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Heidi Støre in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Lindy Hansen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Jarl Inge Melberg in the database of Sports-Reference (English, archived by the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Alexandra Engen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ a b Overview of the national players of Norway