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Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje (25 July 1851 – 4 December 1917) was a Norwegian farmer, teacher, leader of a police district, civil servant and politician for the Moderate Liberal Party. He served as Minister of Agriculture 1905–1906.

(1851–1917), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party *

Asbjørn Halvorsen Asbjørn Halvorsen (3 December 1898 – 16 January 1955), nicknamed Assi, was a Norwegian footballer, who played as a centre-half for Sarpsborg FK and Hamburger SV. He was capped 19 times playing for Norway, and was a part of the Norwegian team ...

(1898–1955), Norwegian footballer. * Birger Halvorsen (1905–1976), Norwegian high jumper * Einfrid Halvorsen, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party *

Gail Halvorsen Colonel Gail Seymour "The Candy Bomber" Halvorsen (October 10, 1920 – February 16, 2022) was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings" and gained f ...

(1920–2022), American command pilot * Gunnar Halvorsen (1945–2006), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party * Harald Halvorsen (disambiguation), multiple people * Håvard Halvorsen, Norwegian football defender * Hjalmer S. Halvorsen (1884–1970), American politician *

Jan Halvor Halvorsen Jan Halvor Halvorsen (born 8 March 1963, in Bamble) is a former Norwegian football player and the current manager of Lyn. Club career Halvorsen started his youth career in Pors, debuting at the age of fifteen and a half. He has also played ...

, Norwegian football manager *

Johan Halvorsen Johan Halvorsen (15 March 1864 – 4 December 1935) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Life Born in Drammen, he was an accomplished violinist from a very early age and became a prominent figure in Norwegian musical life. He r ...

(1864–1935), Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist *

Johan Magnus Halvorsen Johan Magnus Halvorsen (10 June 1853 – 14 February 1922) was a Norway, Norwegian politician for the Moderate Liberal Party. Biography Halvorsen was born at Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. He was a merchant by profession. He started ...

, Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party *

John Halvorsen John Halvorsen (born 17 August 1966) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in 10,000 metres and cross-country running. He represented IF Minerva. In 10,000 m he finished sixteenth at the 1988 Summer Olympics, twelfth at the ...

, Norwegian long-distance runner *

Katherine Halvorsen Katherine Taylor Halvorsen is an American statistician and statistics educator whose research topics have included statistical significance for contingency tables, and the conditional logistic regression method for analysis of multiple risk fac ...

, American statistician * Kathy Halvorsen, American environmental scientist *

Kristin Halvorsen Kristin Halvorsen (born 2 September 1960) is a Norwegian politician of the Socialist Left Party. She served as Minister of Finance from 2005 to 2009 and as Minister of Education from 2009 to 2013. She also served as the party's leader from 1997 ...

, Norwegian socialist politician * Lars Halvorsen Sons, boat builders * Mette Halvorsen, Norwegian curler *

Otto Bahr Halvorsen Otto Bahr Halvorsen (28 May 1872 – 23 May 1923) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician from the Conservative Party, who served as the 14th prime minister of Norway from 1920 to 1921 and again in 1923 up until his death in office. Background ...

(1872–1923), Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party * Stian Lind Halvorsen, Norwegian football defender * Tor Halvorsen (1930–1987), Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party * Tore Halvorsen, Norwegian entrepreneur and CEO of FMC Technologies * Trond Halvorsen Wirstad (1904–1985), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party * Trygve Halvorsen, Norwegian chess player * Sigurd Halvorsen Johannessen (1881–1964), Norwegian acting councillor of state

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