List of personalities from the city of Tønsberg
The list of personalities in the city of Tønsberg contains people who were born in Tønsberg , Norway , as well as those who temporarily lived and worked there, each listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Born in Tønsberg
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Before 1800
- Håkon V (1270–1319), King of Norway
- Niels Wulfsberg (1775–1852), pastor, publisher and newspaper editor
1800 to 1900
- Svend Foyn (1809-1894), whaling and shipping magnate
- Johan Sverdrup (1816–1892), politician (Venstre), member of the Storting and Prime Minister
- Johan Gottfried Conradi (1820–1896), composer
- Vincent Stoltenberg Lerche (1837-1892), painter
- Axel Thue (1863–1922), mathematician
- Charles Ericksen (1875-1916), wrestler
- Ingolf Rød (1889–1963), sailor
- Einar Berntsen (1891–1965), sailor and speed skater
- Ragnar Vik (1893-1941), sailor
- Otto Aulie (1894–1923), football player
1901 to 1950
- Carl Falck (1907-2016), manager
- Arnold Rørholt (1909–1986), lawyer
- Ernst Rojahn (1909–1977), chess player
- Ebba Lodden (1913–1997), politician
- Jon Bing (1944–2014), science fiction writer and lawyer
- Jan Mehlum (* 1945), writer, economist, sociologist
- Bjørn Floberg (* 1947), theater and film actor
- Finn Schau (* 1948), actor and voice actor
- Karianne Christiansen (1949–1976), ski racer
- Jahn Teigen (1949–2020), singer and musician
1951 to 1975
- Terje Andersen (* 1952), speed skater
- Ingvar Ambjørnsen (* 1956), writer
- Ann Lislegaard (* 1962), photographer and multimedia artist
- Svein Nyhus (* 1962), author
- Ingeborg Hungnes (* 1962), singer
- Yngve Gasoy-Romdal (* 1968), actor and singer
- Morten Stordalen (* 1968), politician
- Linda Andersen (* 1969), sailor
- Harald Rosenløw Eeg (* 1970), writer
- Johnny Jensen (* 1972), handball player and coach
- Anders Aukland (* 1972), cross-country skier
- Trude Marstein (* 1973), writer and translator
- Steffen Kjærgaard (* 1973), racing cyclist
- Lene Nystrøm (* 1973), singer, musician and actress
- Tonje Larsen (* 1975), handball player and trainer
- Jørgen Aukland (* 1975), skier
1976 until today
- Olaf Tufte (* 1976), rower
- Frøy Aagre (* 1977), jazz saxophonist (soprano and tenor saxophone), band leader and composer
- Jonas Bendiksen (* 1977), photojournalist
- Heidi Løke (* 1982), handball player
- Lisa-Marie Woods (* 1984), soccer player
- Einar Riegelhuth Koren (* 1984), handball player
- Lars Helge Birkeland (* 1988), biathlete
- Adrian Gjølberg (* 1989), road cyclist
- Emily Stang Sando (* 1989), handball player
- Kjetil Borch (* 1990), rower
- Kaia Dahle Nyhus (* 1990), illustrator and children's book author
- Magnus Carlsen (* 1990), chess grandmaster and world chess champion
- Harald Reinkind (* 1992), handball player
- Sindre Pettersen (* 1996), biathlete
- Adelén (* 1996), pop singer
Personalities related to Tønsberg
- Erling Steinvegg († 1207), Bagler King
- Håkon Håkonsson unge (1232–1257), Norwegian fellow-king
- Blanche of Namur († 1363), Queen of Sweden and Norway
- Abraham Berge (1851–1936), politician (Frisinnede Venstre), member of the Storting
- Nikolai Nissen Paus (1877–1956), surgeon, hospital director and President of the Norwegian Red Cross
- Elias Corneliussen (1881–1951), Rear Admiral
- Petter Sørlle (1884–1933), whaler, polar explorer and inventor
- Sverre Bruun (1886–1987), editor and textbook author
- Jens Bjørneboe (1920–1976), writer