List of personalities from the city of Tromsø
The list of personalities of the city of Tromsø contains people who were born in Tromsø as well as those who lived there temporarily, each listed chronologically according to the year of birth.
People born in Tromsø
1800-1899
- Elling Carlsen (1819–1900), navigator and explorer
- Jens Holmboe (1821–1891), civil servant and politician
- Søren Zachariassen (1837–1915), seafarer
- Oscar Nissen (1843–1911), doctor and politician
- Gitta Jønsson (1869–1950), politician and women's rights activist
- Richard With (1846–1930), captain and shipowner
- Laura Kieler (1849–1932), Danish-Norwegian writer
- Johan Adrian Jacobsen (1853–1947), ethnographer and explorer
- Johan Rye Holmboe (1863–1933), entrepreneur and politician
- Einar Hoidale (1870–1952), American politician
- Halvdan Koht (1873–1965), historian and politician
- Olaf Amundsen (1876–1939), lawyer and politician
- Aldor Ingebrigtsen (1888–1952), politician
- Henry Rudi (1889–1970), fur hunter
- Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899–1990), writer, philosopher and mountain climber
1900-1949
- John Giæver (1901–1970), polar explorer and writer
- Kristian Gleditsch (1901–1973), engineer, geodesist and politician
- Erling Sivertsen (1904–1989), carcinologist and zoologist
- Borghild Krane (1906–1997), psychiatrist and writer
- Kristian Kristiansen (1909–1980), writer
- Arne Hestenes (1920–1995), journalist
- Hermod Skånland (1925–2011), economist and head of the central bank
- Kirsten Myklevoll (1928–1996), politician
- Arthus Arntzen (* 1937), journalist, writer and actor
- Johan P. Olsen (* 1939), political scientist
- Tove Veierød (* 1940), politician
- Sverre Kjelsberg (1946–2016), musician
- Kirsti Sparboe (* 1946), pop singer and actress
1950-1974
- Halvdan Sivertsen (* 1950), songwriter
- Hans-Tore Bjerkaas (* 1951), journalist, presenter and broadcaster
- Jorun Thørring (* 1955), writer and gynecologist
- Asbjørn Jaklin (* 1956), journalist, non-fiction and crime writer
- Yngve Moe (1957-2013), musician
- Øyvind Korsberg (* 1960), politician
- Geir Jenssen (* 1962), musician and photographer
- Erik Skjoldbjærg (* 1964), film director and screenwriter
- Helge Andreas Norbakken (* 1965), drummer
- Anneli Drecker (* 1969), German-Norwegian singer and actress
- Roger Nilsen (* 1969), soccer player and coach
- Haldor Lægreid (* 1970), musical performer
- Bjarte Engen Vik (* 1971), Nordic combined athlete
- Morten Pedersen (* 1972), football player
- Ole Martin Årst (* 1974), football player
Since 1975
- Torbjørn Brundtland (* 1975), musician in the band Röyksopp
- Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes (* 1975), politician
- Svein Berge (* 1976), musician in the band Röyksopp
- Ewa Da Cruz (* 1976), actress and model
- Øystein Martinsen (* 1976), actor
- Ailo Gaup (* 1979), Sami-Norwegian freestyle motocross rider
- Daniel Forfang (* 1979), ski jumper
- Lene Marlin (* 1980), singer and songwriter
- Marit Malm Frafjord (* 1985), handball player
- Moddi (* 1987), singer-songwriter
- Ruben Jenssen (* 1988), football player
- Oda Johanne Brødholt (* 1989), windsurfer
- Marthe Kristoffersen (* 1989), cross-country skier
- Dagny Norvoll Sandvik (* 1990), singer
- Emil Nyeng (* 1991), cross-country skier
- Mimmi Tamba (* 1991), singer-songwriter and actress
- Silje Theodorsen (* 1994), cross-country skier
- Johann André Forfang (* 1995), ski jumper
- Ulrik Jenssen (* 1996), football player
- Vilde Nilsen (* 2001), disabled athlete in the disciplines of cross-country skiing and biathlon
People related to Tromsø
- Jonas Lie (1833–1908), writer
- Cora Sandel (1880–1974), writer
- Alfred Hansen (1894–1948), politician
- Svein Ludvigsen (* 1946), politician
- Mads Gilbert (* 1947), doctor and activist
- Arild Hausberg (* 1955), politician
- Jan Henry Olsen (1956–2018), politician
- Marie-Theres Federhofer (* 1962), literary scholar
Individual evidence
- ↑ Astri Andresen: Jens Holmboe - 2 . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon . February 25, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
- ^ Søren Zachariassen . In: Store norske leksikon . February 26, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
- ↑ Per Fuglum: Oscar Nissen . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon . February 25, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
- ^ Ragnhild Seel Tennes: Gitta Jønsson . In: Store norske leksikon . February 26, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
- ^ Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe . In: Store norske leksikon . February 26, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
- ↑ Olaf Amundsen . In: Store norske leksikon . February 25, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
- ↑ Aldor Ingebrigtsen . In: Store norske leksikon . February 26, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
- ↑ Nils Magne Knutsen: John Giæver . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon . February 25, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
- ↑ Jon Gunnar Arntzen: Kristian Gleditsch . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon . February 25, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
- ↑ Kristian Kristiansen - norsk forfatter . In: Store norske leksikon . April 4, 2019 ( snl.no [accessed May 6, 2020]).
- ↑ Fredrik Wandrup: Arne Hestenes . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon . February 25, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
- ↑ Hermod Skånland . In: Store norske leksikon . February 26, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
- ↑ Ivan Kristoffersen: Arthur Arntzen . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon . February 25, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
- ↑ Biography: Korsberg, Øyvind. Storting , March 9, 2008, accessed May 6, 2020 (Norwegian).