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Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

involved in

sports Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...

Summer/all-year

Association football

* Marius Aam, defender * Magnus Aasbrenn, defender * Paal Christian Alsaker, midfielder *

Henning Berg Henning Stille Berg (; born 1 September 1969) is a Norwegian football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Omonia. His career lasted from 1988 to 2004, most notably in the Premier League where he won titles with both Black ...

, defender, coach, and manager * Tommy Bertheussen, goalkeeper *

Oscar Bobb Oscar Bobb (born 12 July 2003) is a Norwegian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder or Winger (association football), winger for club Manchester City F.C., Manchester City and the Norway national football team, ...

, winger *

Daniel Braaten Daniel Omoya Braaten (born 25 May 1982) is a Norwegian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger. He has previously played for Skeid Fotball, Skeid, Rosenborg BK, Rosenborg, Bolton ...

, winger * Thomas Breivik, defender *

Gøran van den Burgt Gøran van den Burgt (born 1 January 1990) is a Norwegian football midfielder who currently plays for Ready. His father is Dutch. He started his career in Bjerkealliansen, but joined FC Lyn Oslo at the age of fifteen. He was the team captain ...

, midfielder *

John Carew John Alieu Carew (born 5 September 1979) is a Norwegian actor and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was capped 91 times and scored 24 goals for the Norway national team. Club career Vålerenga Carew began his career ...

, forward * Lorenzo Caroprese, defender *

Nils Arne Eggen Nils Arne Eggen (17 September 1941 – 19 January 2022) was a Norwegian footballer, manager and teacher from Orkdal Municipality. Eggen was closely tied to Rosenborg, the club he managed for 23 years between 1970 and 2010. He is Norway's most s ...

, defender, coach, and manager * Mathias Eikenes, forward * Herman Ekeberg, defender * Martin Elvestad, midfielder * Robert Evensen, defender * Hallgeir Finbråten, defender * Torill Fjellestad, defender *

Tore André Flo Tore André Flo (born 15 June 1973) is a Norwegian professional football coach and a former striker who previously was the manager of 1. divisjon club Sogndal. He was capped 76 times, scoring 23 goals for Norway, and represented his country ...

, striker and youth coach *

Olav Førli Olav Førli (20 July 1920 – 14 March 2011) was a Norwegian football goalkeeper. He joined Larvik Turn from Urædd in 1946, and became a mainstay for the Larvik club. He was capped twice for Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norwa ...

, goalkeeper *

Morten Gamst Pedersen Morten Gamst Pedersen (born 8 September 1981) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. During his spell for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League he was known for his skill and long range goals. Pedersen began his care ...

, winger *

Erling Haaland Erling Braut Haaland (, ; born 21 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for club Manchester City F.C., Manchester City and the Norway national football te ...

, striker *

Vebjørn Hagen Vebjørn Hagen (born 29 January 1978) is a retired Norwegian football defender. He grew up in the club FK Bodø/Glimt, and represented Norway as a youth international. In 1998 he made his Eliteserien debut for the senior team. Playing only cu ...

, defender * Espen Hagh, midfielder * Trond Hansen, footballer, coach, and manager * Endre Hansen, midfielder *

Ørjan Berg Hansen Ørjan Berg Hansen (born 29 April 1984) is a Norwegian football defender who is currently the director of sports of Fram Larvik. Hailing from Larvik, he started his career in Larvik Turn, only to go on to second-tier team Sandefjord. In 2006 h ...

, defender *

Åge Hareide Åge Fridtjof Hareide (born 23 September 1953) is a Norwegian former football coach and player who last managed the Iceland national team. In his playing career, he played for Hødd and Molde in Norway as well as Manchester City and Norwich Cit ...

, defender, coach, and manager *

Ada Hegerberg Ada Martine Stolsmo Hegerberg (born 10 July 1995) is a Norwegian professional Women's association football, footballer who plays as a striker (association football), striker for the Première Ligue club Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, Lyon and the ...

, striker *

Isabell Herlovsen Isabell Lehn Herlovsen (born 23 June 1988) is a Norwegian former football player. She last played for Våleranga and Kolbotn after moving home from China and the club Jiangsu Suning. She plays as a midfielder and a striker. Herlovsen is the ...

, midfielder and striker * Øystein Hesjedal, defender * Ulf Karlsen, defender *

Jørn Karlsrud Jørn Karlsrud (born 10 October 1965) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder. He started his career in Askim IF, and joined Moss FK ahead of the 1988 season. He signed for Kongsvinger IL ahead of the 1992 season, was ever-present in 1992 ...

, midfielder * Edwin Kjeldner, midfielder * Morten Kolseth, defender *

Øyvind Leonhardsen Øyvind Leonhardsen (born 17 August 1970) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He retired after the 2007 season, ending a career with nine years in English football at clubs Wimbledon, Liverpool, Tottenham Ho ...

, midfielder * Johan Martin Lianes, goalkeeper * Atle Maurud, striker * Aurora Mikalsen, goalkeeper * John Ole Moe, goalkeeper * Torger Motland, striker *

Thomas Myhre Thomas Harald Myhre (born 16 October 1973) is a Norwegian football manager and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the manager of Moss. The last club he played for before his retirement was Kongsvinger, having return ...

, goalkeeper * Colin N'kee, forward * Erik Noppi, defender * Gunnar Norebø, midfielder *

Martin Ødegaard Martin Ødegaard (born 17 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for and Captain (association football), captains both Premier League club Arsenal F.C., Arsenal and the Norway nati ...

, Striker * Jan Økern, footballer * Egil "Drillo" Olsen, winger, coach and manager *

Morten-André Olsen Morten-André Olsen (born 28 January 1979) is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper. He grew up in FK Bodø/Glimt and became a youth international; the club also produced the youth international goalkeepers Jonas Ueland Kolstad (born 1976) ...

, goalkeeper * Jan Petter Olsen, striker *

Helge Øvreberg Helge Øvreberg (born 1973) is a Norway, Norwegian retired football defender. From Stryn, he came up in the club Sogndal Fotball, Sogndal IL and was drafted into the first team squad in 1992. In the same season he had five Eliteserien matches. H ...

, defender * Lars Øvrebø, midfielder * Arild Rebne, midfielder *

Kjetil Rekdal Kjetil André Rekdal (born 6 November 1968) is a Norwegian football manager and a former player. He is the manager of Norwegian club Aalesund. Rekdal began his playing career in Molde FK, playing afterwards for clubs in the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 ...

, midfielder, coach, and manager *

Guro Reiten Guro Reiten (; born 26 July 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for English Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Norway national team. Before joining Chelsea in 2019, she played in Norway for Sunndal, Katte ...

, midfielder *

Bjørn Helge Riise Bjørn Helge Semundseth Riise (born 21 June 1983) is a Norwegian former professional association football, footballer. Riise played either a central midfielder or a right winger, and earned 35 international caps for Norway national football team ...

, midfielder *

Hege Riise Hege Riise (born 18 July 1969) is a Norwegian Association football, football coach and former Midfielder (association football), midfield player. She is considered one of the best footballers of her generation, having won the FIFA Women's World ...

, Olympic footballer *

John Arne Riise John Arne Semundseth Riise (born 24 September 1980) is a Norwegian former professional Association football, footballer and Manager (association football), coach. With 110 caps, Riise is the most capped player for the Norway national football te ...

, left back and midfielder *

Karl Erik Rimfeldt Karl Erik Rimfeldt (born 16 February 1980) is a retired Norwegian football defender. He started his career in Kongsvinger IL, and played for Norwegian youth national teams. He joined the senior squad in 1999, and played three Norwegian Premier ...

, defender * Ludvig Rinde, defender * Torgeir Rugtvedt, defender * Tommy Runar, goalkeeper * Pål Rustadstuen, midfielder *

Vegard Sannes Vegard Sannes (born 4 September 1976) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder who notably played for FK Bodø/Glimt. He was born in Kirkenes, and started his career in Kirkenes IF. He then continued in Alta IF, before joining Bodø/Glimt ah ...

, midfielder * Jan Magne Skanke, footballer * Espen Skistad, goalkeeper *

Iver Sletten Iver Sletten (born 24 July 1974) is a retired Norwegian football striker. Career Sletten hails from Vinstra and started his career in local club Vestsida FK. He played senior football in the Fourth Division, scoring 18 goals in 1992. After the 1 ...

, striker *

Trond Sollied Trond Johan Sollied (born 29 April 1959) is a Norwegian football manager and former player. He last managed Lokeren. During his playing career, Sollied was a defender who won the Norwegian top flight five times. He also played for Norway's na ...

, defender and manager *

Ole Gunnar Solskjær Ole Gunnar Solskjær (; born 26 February 1973) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who currently manages Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. He spent the majority of his playing career with Manchester United and made 67 appea ...

, forward and manager * Lars Sørlien, midfielder * Tim Henrik Sperrevik, forward * Jens Petter Stang, defender *

Ronny Støbakk Ronny Støbakk (born 11 March 1973) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensiv ...

, midfielder *

Pål Anders Stubsveen Pål Anders Stubsveen (born 8 May 1981) is a Norwegian football defender who currently plays for Borgar in the Norwegian Third Division. He played for local club Hafslund IF before joining Moss, where he appeared in a single Eliteserien ...

, footballer *

Geir Sundal Geir Sundal (born 1968) is a retired Norwegian football defender. He played for IL Hødd as early as in 1985. He eventually became team captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme l ...

, defender * Tor Sveen, striker *

Erik Thorstvedt Erik Thorstvedt (born 28 October 1962) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He won 97 caps for the Norway national team, and was the starter in goal at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He played for Viking, Eik-Tøn ...

, goalkeeper * Thomas Tøllefsen, goalkeeper * Finn-Georg Tomulevski, defender * Frank Tønnesen, defender * Kenneth Trones, defender * Leif Tsolis, coach * Øystein Vetti, defender * Trond Vinterstø, defender * Morten Wivestad, defender *

, midfielder

Handball

* Ane Eidem, right back * Sebastian Barthold, left wing * Are Grongstad, handballer * Birgitte Karlsen Hagen, left back *

Anja Hammerseng-Edin Anja Hammerseng-Edin ( Anja Marie Edin, 5 February 1983) is a Norwegian former handball player. She previously played for Larvik HK and for the Norwegian national team. Career Hammerseng-Edin made her début on the Norwegian national team in ...

, central back *

Gro Hammerseng-Edin Gro Hammerseng-Edin (born 10 April 1980 in Gjøvik as Gro Hammerseng) is a Norwegian former handballer who last played for the club Larvik HK. She was captain of the Norwegian national team for several years, and in 2007 she was voted female ...

, Olympian, center back *

André Jørgensen André Marius Jørgensen Hofstøl (born April 9, 1979) is a Norwegian handball coach and former player. In 2006 he joined Danish team AaB Håndbold. Before joining AaB, Jørgensen played for the Spanish team CD Bidasoa. Jørgensen was a regu ...

, left back *

Kristian Kjelling Kristian Cato Walby Kjelling (; born 8 September 1980) is a retired Norwegian handball player, who was part of the national team from 2001 to 2014. He last played for the Norwegian club Drammen HK. He is now their coach. Career Before re-joinin ...

, left back * Lars Nordberg, back player * Inga Berit Svestad, right wing * Hermann Vildalen, left back

Rowing

* Alf Hansen, rower * Frank Hansen, rower *

Olaf Tufte Olaf Karl Tufte (born 27 April 1976 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian rower, firefighter, and farmer. He is a seven-time Olympian, and as a single sculler he was twice the Olympic champion and twice the world champion. He has been consistently selec ...

, rower

Running

Mensen Ernst Mensen Ernst (1795 – 22 January 1843) was born as Mons Monsen Øyri, in the summer of 1795 in the village of Fresvik along the Sognefjord, in the municipality of Vik, Sogn, Vik in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. He was a road running, road run ...

, long distance *

Filip Ingebrigtsen Filip Mangen Ingebrigtsen (born 20 April 1993) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner who represents Sandnes Idrettslag. In 2016, Ingebrigtsen became European Champion at 1500 meters during the European Championships in Amsterdam, and took bronze ...

, middle distance *

Henrik Ingebrigtsen Henrik Ingebrigtsen (born 24 February 1991) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner who competes mainly in the 1500 metres. He represented Norway at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. A member of the Ingebrigtsen family, his younger brothers, F ...

, middle distance *

Jakob Ingebrigtsen Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the short track 1500 metres, short track Mile run, mile, 2000 ...

, middle distance * *

Ingrid Kristiansen Ingrid Kristiansen (née Christensen on 21 March 1956) is a Norwegian former athlete. She was one of the best female long-distance runners during the 1980s. She is a former world record holder in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the maratho ...

, long distance *

Christina Vukicevic Ljubica Christina Vukicevic Demidov (, ; born 18 June 1987) is a Norwegian former hurdler. She represented Ski IL, and was coached by her father Petar Vukićević, who participated for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Mosco ...

, hurdle race *

Grete Waitz Grete Waitz (, 1 October 195319 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours. Waitz ...

, long distance * Susanne Wigene, middle and long distance *

Other

Simen Agdestein Simen Agdestein (born 15 May 1967) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster, chess coach, author, and former professional footballer as a striker for the Norway national football team. Agdestein won nine Norwegian Chess Championships between 1982 a ...

, chess player * Bea Ballintijn, swimmer at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

Asbjørn Berg-Hansen Asbjørn Berg-Hansen (September 14, 1912 – January 28, 1998) was a Norway, Norwegian Boxing, boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born and worked in Oslo as an electrician. Amateur career Norway's most successful flyweight ...

, flyweight boxer *

Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2024. He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 y ...

, cyclist *

Henrik Bjørnstad Henrik Bjørnstad (born 7 May 1979) is a Norwegian former professional golfer. Early life Bjørnstad was born in Oslo, Norway. Professional career In 1997, Bjørnstad turned professional. He became the first Norwegian on the PGA Tour when h ...

, golfer *

Cecilia Brækhus Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus (born 28 September 1981) is a Colombian-born Norwegian professional boxer and former kickboxer. She reigned as the undisputed female welterweight boxing champion from 2014 to 2020, and is the first woman in any wei ...

, boxer *

Magnus Carlsen Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Championship, World Rapid Chess Champio ...

, World chess champion *

Rune Dalsjø Rune Dalsjø (born March 8, 1975) is a Norwegian rally driver. He made his rally debut in 1996 and has since then enjoyed success in the Norwegian Championship. The cars he has rallied include Opel Ascona, Volvo 240, Mitsubishi Lancer Gr. N, Sub ...

, rally driver *

Egil Danielsen Egil Danielsen (9 November 1933 – 29 July 2019) was a Norwegian javelin thrower. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won the gold medal in 1956. Danielsen, who used an old-type wooden javelin, did poorly in the 1956 final, which wa ...

, javelin thrower, Olympian * Trygve Diskerud,

harness racer Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, spider, or chariot occupied by a driver. In Europe, and less frequently in Australia an ...

Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (born 10 February 1973) is a Norway, Norwegian cross-country and marathon mountain biking, mountain biker. She won the women's cross-country gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games and is a multiple World Champion. She has ...

, mountain biker, Olympian * Ailo Gaup, FMX motorcyclist *

Stian Grimseth Stian Grimseth (born 24 July 1972) is a Norwegian former weightlifter from Naustdal. He won the gold medal in snatch at the European Championships in 1996 and 1997, and the bronze medal in total at the latter. Grimseth won twelve consecutive gold ...

, weightlifter * Bente Grønli, multiple

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

medallist in swimming and ice sledge racing *

Kjell Håkonsen Kjell Håkonsen (23 December 1935 – 18 April 2011) was a Norway, Norwegian harness racing coach and coachman. During his career, he had 5531 starts and won 1094 races. He is best known for having trained and coached Spikeld and Rex Rodney who hav ...

harness racing Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, spider, or chariot occupied by a driver. In Europe, and less frequently in Australia ...

coachman *

Jon Ludvig Hammer Jon Ludvig Nilssen Hammer (born 2 June 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and three-time Norwegian Chess Champion. He was the main second for Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2013. Chess career At the 38th Chess Olympiad in ...

, chess player * Joachim Hansen, MMA fighter *

Harald V of Norway Harald V (, ; born 21 February 1937) has been King of Norway since 1991. A member of the House of Glücksburg, Harald was the third child and only son of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. He was second in the Succession to t ...

, yacht sailor, Olympian *

Trine Hattestad Elsa Katrine Hattestad (née Solberg; born 18 April 1966) is a retired Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. During her career, she was a European, World, and Olympic Champion, and broke the world record twice. Her ...

, javelin thrower *

Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger (; born 17 March 2003) is a Norwegians, Norwegian racing driver who competes in the 2025 Indy NXT with Andretti Global, having previously competed in FIA Formula 2 Championship, Formula 2 from to . He was a member of the Red Bull ...

, racing driver * Knut Holmann, kayaker *

Viktor Hovland Viktor Hovland (born 18 September 1997) is a Norwegian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and European Tour. He won the 2018 U.S. Amateur and reached number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in 2019. Hovland became the first Norw ...

, golfer * Anne Sophie Hunstad, javelin thrower *

Thor Hushovd Thor Hushovd (born 18 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer. He is known for sprinting and time trialing; Hushovd is a three-time Norwegian National Road Race Championships, Norwegian national road race champion ( ...

, cyclist * Nila Håkedal, beach volleyball player * Richard Ordemann,

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

athlete * Suzann "Tutta" Pettersen, golfer *

Bartosz Piasecki Bartosz Piasecki (; born 9 December 1986) is a Norwegian fencer. Early life Piasecki was born in Tczew in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland but moved to Norway with his family when he was two years old. His father, Mariusz Piasecki is a fenc ...

, fencer *

Kjersti Plätzer Kjersti Tysse Plätzer (born Tysse; 18 January 1972) is a Norwegian race walker, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in the 20 kilometres race. She finished 12th in the same race in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athen ...

, race walker *

Knute Rockne Knute Kenneth Rockne (; March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was an American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame. Leading Notre Dame for 13 seasons, Rockne accumulated over 100 wins and three national championships. Rockne is ...

, American college football coach *

Jon Rønningen Jon Rønningen (born November 28, 1962, in Oslo) is a former Norwegian wrestler and a member of Kolbotn IL (one of the largest sports clubs in Norway). He won a total of nine medals in international championships and was the ...

, wrestler *

Casper Ruud Casper Ruud (; born 22 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in September 2022, making him t ...

, tennis player *

Henning Solberg Henning Solberg (born 8 January 1973) is a Norway, Norwegian Rallying, rally and rallycross driver. Together with his female co-driver Ilka Minor, he currently competes in the World Rally Championship (WRC) with cars of M-Sport. Solberg is the o ...

, rally driver *

Petter Solberg Petter Solberg (born 18 November 1974), nicknamed "Mr. Hollywood" is a Norwegian former professional rallying, rally and rallycross driver. Solberg debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1998 and was signed by the Ford World Rally Team, For ...

, rally driver *

Jan Stenerud Jan Stenerud (, ; born November 26, 1942) is a Norwegian-American former professional football placekicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) for 19 seasons, primarily with the Kansas City Chiefs ...

, American football kicker * Steffen Tangstad, heavy weight boxer *

Andreas Thorkildsen Andreas Thorkildsen (born 1 April 1982) is a retired Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He was the Olympic Champion in 2004 and 2008, European Champion in 2006 and 2010, and World Champion in 2009. He is the fir ...

, javelin thrower *

Sune Wentzel Sune Wentzel (born 6 July 1971 in Oslo) is a former Norwegian frisbeer. He has six world titles, and set two world indoor distance records. Sune has several world medals and other international titles. Sune has left a spectacular image of the frisbe ...

flying disc A frisbee (pronounced ), also called a flying disc or simply a disc, is a gliding toy or sporting item generally made of injection-molded plastic and roughly in diameter with a pronounced lip. It is used recreationally and competitively for ...

athlete * Babe Didriksen Zaharias, Olympic athlete and LPGA golfer

Winter sports

Curling

Linn Githmark Linn Catharina Cavallius Githmark (born 26 September 1982) is a Norwegian curler who has skipped her country to a world junior title, and also played on the Norwegian team that won a silver medal at the world championships. Githmark played on t ...

, curler *

Dordi Nordby Dordi Agate Nordby (born 8 April 1964 in Bærum) is a retired Norwegian curler from Snarøya. Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including two world championship go ...

, curler *

Pål Trulsen Pål Trulsen (born 19 April 1962 in Drøbak, Norway) is a Norwegian curler from Hosle in Bærum, and was the 2002 Olympic curling men's champion. Career Trulsen participated in both the and World Junior Championships, finishing both tou ...

, curler *

Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud (21 October 1971 – 24 May 2022) was a Norwegian curler from Oslo. He won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics, one World Curling Championship, two European Curling Championships, and fourteen Norwegian titles ( Norwegian M ...

, curler

Ice hockey

Mats Zuccarello Mats André Zuccarello Aasen (born 1 September 1987) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), winger for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the New York Rangers and Dallas Stars. Prio ...

(born 1987), winger *

Jørn Goldstein Jørn Irving Goldstein (born March 27, 1953) is a Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player. Biography Goldstein was born in Oslo, Norway, and is Jewish. His mother's family, surname Schapow, immigrated to Norway from Lithuania in the early 1900s. H ...

(born 1953),

goalie In many team sports that involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

, player at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: ; ) and commonly known as Sarajevo '84 (Serbian Cy ...

* Espen "Shampoo" Knutsen (born 1972), retired

centre Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...

, now manager *

Patrick Thoresen Patrick Thoresen (born 7 November 1983) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey left winger for Djurgårdens IF of the HockeyAllsvenskan. He has a younger brother, Steffen who's also an ice hockey player. His father Petter was one of Norway's p ...

, winger, player at the

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

Ole-Kristian Tollefsen Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (born 29 March 1984) is a Norwegian former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for Färjestad BK in Elitserien. He was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 3rd round (65th overall) of the 2002 NHL ...

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...

, player at the 2010 Winter Olympics *

Tore Vikingstad Tore Vikingstad (born 8 October 1975) is a retired Norwegian professional ice hockey player. Career Club career He played for Viking and Stjernen in Norway, then Färjestad and Leksand in Sweden until 2001. He was selected by the St. Louis Bl ...

, retired centre

Skiing

* Hans Anton Aalien, blind cross-country skier *

Finn Aamodt Finn Roger Aamodt (born 7 January 1952) is a Norwegian sports coach. He grew up in Gamlebyen, Oslo. He started his working career and married in the mid-1960s. In 1971 they had the son Kjetil André Aamodt and had settled at Lambertseter. Aamo ...

, former head coach of the Norwegian alpine skiing team *

Kjetil André Aamodt Kjetil André Aamodt (born 2 September 1971) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway, a champion in the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup. He is one of the most successful alpine ski racers from Norway. Biography Born ...

, alpine skier * Geir Ludvig Aasen Ouren, cross-country skier *

Thomas Alsgaard Thomas Alsgaard (born 10 January 1972) is a Norwegian former professional cross-country skier. Alsgaard is regarded by many as the best performer of the freestyle technique (skating) in cross-country skiing and many of today's best skiers have st ...

, cross-country skier *

Berit Aunli Berit Kristine Aunli (née Kvello; born 9 June 1956) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. She is a World (1982) and Olympic (1984) champion and won a total of 15 Norwegian titles (1977—1982). Personal life Aunli has five siblings. He ...

, cross-country skier *

Anders Bardal Anders Bardal (; born 24 August 1982) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career He participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 25th on the individual large hill. He was also part of the Norwegian team that finished nint ...

, ski jumper, Olympic Team Bronze Medal *

Marit Bjørgen Marit Bjørgen (born 21 March 1980) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier. She is ranked first in the all-time Cross-Country World Cup rankings with 114 individual victories. Bjørgen is also the most successful sprinter in Cross-Country Wo ...

, cross-country skier *

Oddvar Brå Oddvar Brå (born 16 March 1951) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. He was among the best skiers in Norway, the three-times winner of the World Cup (1972–73, then named "World ranking", 1974–75 and 1978–79) and the winner of 16 nat ...

, cross-country skier *

Espen Bredesen Espen Bredesen (born 2 February 1968) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career At World Cup level he won gold and silver medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer. At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he performed badly, coming last in the norm ...

, ski jumper *

Bjørn Dæhlie Bjørn Erlend Dæhlie (born 19 June 1967) is a Norwegian businessman and retired cross-country skier. From 1992 to 1999, Dæhlie won the Nordic World Cup six times, finishing second in 1994 and 1998. Dæhlie won a total of 29 medals in the Oly ...

, cross-country skier *

Bjørn Einar Romøren Bjørn Einar Romøren (born 1 April 1981) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed at World Cup level from 2001 to 2014. His career highlights include eight individual World Cup wins, two ski flying world records, and a team bronze medal at ...

, ski jumper *

Stein Eriksen Stein Eriksen (11 December 1927 – 27 December 2015) was an alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Norway. Following his racing career, he was a ski school director and ambassador at various resorts in the United States. Background ...

, alpine skier *

Frode Estil Frode Estil (born 31 May 1972) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier. He lives in Meråker Municipality with his wife Grete whom he married in the summer of 2001. They have two sons, Bernhard, born in August 2002, and Konrad. Estil was clas ...

, cross-country skier *

Johan Remen Evensen Johan Remen Evensen (born 16 September 1985) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. He is a two-time world record holder in ski flying, achieving his peak distance of in 2011. A late bloomer, Evensen made his World Cup debut during the 2008/09 sea ...

, ski jumper, Olympic Team Bronze Medal * Kristin Fridtun, ski jumper *

Tord Asle Gjerdalen Tord Asle Gjerdalen (born 3 August 1983) is a Norwegian cross-country skier Career In his early career, he finished ninth in the 30 km event at the 2003 Junior World Championships. He made his debut in the World Cup in February 2004 in T ...

, cross-country skier *

Kim-Roar Hansen Kim-Roar Hansen (born 24 March 1984) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. At World Cup level he finished five times in the top 15, with a twelfth place at Trondheim on 8 December 2002 as his best result. He made his Four Hills Tournament debut in ...

, ski jumper *

Tom Hilde Tom André Hilde (; born 22 September 1987) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career Having first competed with the Norwegian World Cup team in 2006, he won two silver medals in the team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championsh ...

, ski jumper, Olympic Team Bronze Medal *

Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (born 6 December 1971 in Nordfjordeid) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2012. A classical technique specialist, Hjelmeset's biggest success is the gold medal in the 50 km event at the ...

, cross-country skier * Anders Jacobsen, ski jumper, Olympic Team Bronze Medal *

Lasse Kjus Lasse Kjus (born 14 January 1971) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway. He won the overall World Cup title twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships. His combined career total of 16 Olympic and World Champions ...

, alpine skier * Frode Lillefjell, cross-country skier and coach *

Roar Ljøkelsøy Roar Ljøkelsøy (born 31 May 1976) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1993 to 2010, and twice finished runner up in the World Cup. Career He won his first individual World Cup event on 25 January 2003 and was a very consistent ...

, ski jumper *

Ingolf Mork Ingolf Mork (4 June 1947 – 1 February 2012) was a Norwegian ski jumper who was born in Molde, and represented IL Hjelset-Fram and SFK Lyn in Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a count ...

, ski jumper *

Sondre Norheim Sondre Norheim, born Sondre Auverson, (10 June 1825 – 9 March 1897) was a Norwegian skier and pioneer of modern skiing. Sondre Norheim is known as the father of Telemark skiing. Background Sondre Auverson was born at Øverbø, a little ...

, pioneering alpine skier *

Petter Northug Petter Northug Jr. (born 6 January 1986) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier and double Olympic champion. He won a total of 13 World Championship and two Winter Olympic gold medals with 20 medals overall (two gold, one silver and one bron ...

, double Olympic Gold cross- country skier *

Simen Østensen Simen Østensen (born 4 August 1984) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. He skis with the club Fossum IF. He finished third in the 2006-07 Tour de Ski. Before that, Østensen had started in a World Cup race only once (the 50 km in Holmenk ...

, cross-country skier * Hilde G. Pedersen, cross-country skier *

Øystein Pettersen Øystein "Pølsa" Pettersen (born 19 January 1983 in Linderud) is a former Norwegian cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier, television personality and podcast host who competed professionally from 2002 to 2019. He has six World Cup p ...

, cross-country skier *

Sigurd Pettersen Sigurd Pettersen (born 28 February 1980) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. His greatest achievement is winning the 2003–04 Four Hills Tournament, with wins in Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Bischofshofen. Pettersen also won two bronze ...

, ski jumper * Kathrine Rokke, cross-country skier *

Birger Ruud Birger Johannes Ruud (23 August 1911 – 13 June 1998) was a Norwegian ski jumper and alpine skier. Career Born in Kongsberg, Birger Ruud, with his brothers Sigmund and Asbjørn, dominated international jumping in the 1930s, winning three w ...

, ski jumper *

Oddvar Saga Oddvar Saga (2 January 1934 – 8 January 2000) was a Norwegian ski jumper, who had his prime between 1960 and 1964. He hailed from Vegårshei. In 1993 the newspaper ''Aftenposten'' called him one of the three "national greats" to come from this ...

, ski jumper *

Bente Skari Bente Skari, née Martinsen, (born 10 September 1972) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. She is one of the most successful cross-country skiers ever. Career She won her first Olympic medals in 1998, and won her first gold medal in the 2 ...

, cross-country skier *

Kristen Skjeldal Kristen Skjeldal (born 27 May 1967) is an Olympic champion and cross-country skier from Norway. He has won three olympic medals: two gold and one bronze. He won his first gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1992 Winter Olympics in A ...

, cross-country skier * Vegard Sklett, ski jumper *

Herman Smith-Johannsen Herman "Jackrabbit" Smith-Johannsen, supercentenarian A supercentenarian, sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian, is a person who is 110 or older. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Supercentenarians typically live a life free of significant age-related diseases until short ...

Norwegian-Canadian skiing pioneer * John A. "Snowshoe" Thompson, Norwegian-American skiing pioneer * Ole Martin Storlien,

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics in ...

skier *

Kari Traa Kari Traa (born 28 January 1974) is a Norwegian former Olympic freestyle skier. She won the Olympic title in the moguls event at the 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly k ...

, freestyle skier *

Vegard Ulvang Vegard Ulvang (born 10 October 1963) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who won three Olympic gold medals, two silver, and one bronze. At the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, he took the ceremonial Olympic Oath on p ...

, cross-country skier *

Bjørn Wirkola Bjørn Tore Wirkola (born 4 August 1943) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career He became World Champion in Oslo in 1966, winning both the large and normal hill competitions. The 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were also held in conj ...

, ski jumper *

Therese Johaug Therese Johaug (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier from the village of Dalsbygda in Os Municipality. In World Ski Championships she won ten individual gold medals along with four gold medals in relays, and she is a ...

, cross-country skier,four-time Olimpic gold medalist

Snowboarding

Kjersti Buaas Kjersti Østgaard Buaas (born 5 January 1982) is a Norwegian snowboarder from Trondheim. She placed 4th in women's half-pipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. She received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in ...

, bronze medal at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

women's competition *

Daniel Franck Daniel Franck (born 9 December 1974) is a Norwegian professional snowboarder. In Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics, he won Silver in Men's Halfpipe. Career Franck was born and raised in Gjerdum, Norway. He started riding in 199 ...

, silver medal at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

men's competition *

Terje Håkonsen Terje Håkonsen (born 11 October 1974) is a Norwegian professional snowboarder. He is considered one of the most influential snowboarders in the history of the sport. In the book ''The way of the snowboarder'', Rob Reed wrote that "Haakonsen took ...

, professional freestyle snowboarder active in the 1990s *

Torstein Horgmo Torstein Horgmo (born 18 February 1987) is a Norwegian professional snowboarder. Horgmo has competed, and medalled in, a variety of slopestyle and big air snowboarding competitions. He rides regular stance. Personal Horgmo grew up in Trondhe ...

, professional snowboarder *

Stine Brun Kjeldaas Stine Brun Kjeldaas (born 23 April 1975) is a Norwegian professional snowboarder. She is from Kongsberg, Norway. Snowboarding career She won a silver medal in the half-pipe at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and also participated in ...

, silver medal at the

women's competition *

Silje Norendal Silje Norendal (born 1 September 1993) is a Norwegian former snowboarder. She competes in the slopestyle and big air events. Her local club is Kongsberg IF. She won gold in women's slopestyle in Winter X Games Europe in Tignes in 2013. In Janua ...

, professional snowboarder, participant at the

Speed skating

Roald Aas Roald Edgar Aas (25 March 1928 – 18 February 2012) was a speed skater and cyclist from Norway. He was born in Oslo. Aas was the number two speed skater in Norway through the entire 1950s—initially after Hjalmar Andersen, later after Knut ...

Hjalmar Andersen Hjalmar "Hjallis" Johan Andersen (12 March 1923 – 27 March 2013) was a speed skater from Norway who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games of Oslo, Norway. He was the only triple gold medalist at the 1952 Winter Olympics, an ...

Ivar Ballangrud Ivar Eugen Ballangrud (né ''Eriksen'', 7 March 1904 – 1 June 1969) was a Norwegian speed skater, a four-time Olympic champion in speed skating. As the only triple gold medalist at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ballangrud was the most successful a ...

Eskil Ervik Eskil Ervik (born 11 January 1975) is a Norwegian speedskater. Ervik's best distance is traditionally the 5000-m, where he for several years was among the very best of the world, but his top priority for the most part of his career was to perfo ...

Bernt Evensen Bernt Sverre Evensen (18 April 1905 – 24 August 1979) was a Norway, Norwegian Speed skating, speed skater and racing cyclist who competed in skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics, 1928 and 1932 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he became the first Norwe ...

Rolf Falk-Larssen Rolf Falk-Larssen (born 21 February 1960) is a former speed skater. __NOTOC__ Representing Trondhjems Skøiteklub, Rolf Falk-Larssen made his international debut at the European Allround Championships of 1982 and he was in the lead after three ...

Sverre Farstad Sverre Farstad (8 February 1920 – 27 March 1978) was a Norwegian speed skater representing ''Sportsklubben Falken'', Trondheim, as part of the Falken Trio also including Henry Wahl and Hjalmar Andersen. Farstad won one Olympic gold medal and ...

* Per Willy Guttormsen *

Øystein Grødum Øystein Grødum (born 15 February 1977) is a Norwegian speedskater, who is a member of Arendal SK. Grødum competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics for Norway, with fourth place on 10,000 metres as his best place, and won the World Cup on long dist ...

Finn Helgesen Finn Helgesen (25 April 1919 – 3 September 2011) was a speed skater from Norway. Career Competing in the 500 m he won the national title in 1947 and 1949 and an Olympic gold medal in 1948. In 1948 he set a new Olympic record at 43.1 seconds ...

* Bjørg Eva Jensen *

Knut Johannesen Knut ("Kupper'n") Johannesen (born 6 November 1933) is a former speed skater from Norway. Biography Born in Oslo and representing the skating club ASK (''Arbeidernes Skøyteklubb'' – later called ''Aktiv Skøyteklubb'') Johannesen won the Wo ...

Geir Karlstad Geir Karlstad (born 7 July 1963) is a Norwegian former speed skater and national team speed skating coach. Biography Although best at the longest distances (the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m), Geir Karlstad became Junior World Allround Champ ...

Johann Olav Koss Johann Olav Koss (born 29 October 1968) is a former speed skater from Norway. He won four Olympic gold medals, including three at the 1994 Winter Olympics in his home country. Biography Johann Olav Koss was born in Drammen, Buskerud County, No ...

Fred Anton Maier __NOTOC__ Fred Anton Maier (15 December 1938 – 9 June 2015) was a speed skater from Norway. He was among the dominating skaters throughout the 1960s, specialising in the longer distances. Maier won four Olympic medals: silver on the 10,000&nb ...

Oscar Mathisen Oscar Wilhelm Mathisen (4 October 1888 – 10 April 1954) was a Norway, Norwegian speed skating, speed skater and celebrity, almost rivalling Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen as symbols for a young nation (Norway became independent in 1905). ...

Per Ivar Moe Per Ivar Moe (born 11 November 1944, in Ålesund) is a former speed skater from Norway. Biography In 1963, 18-year-old Per Ivar Moe won bronze at the European Allround Championships, an achievement he would repeat the following year (1964). In ...

Sten Stensen Sten Einar Stensen (born 18 December 1947) is a former speed skater. Together with Amund Sjøbrend, Kay Stenshjemmet, and Jan Egil Storholt, he was one of the legendary ''four S-es'' ("four aces" in Norwegian), contemporary Norwegian top skater ...

Jan Egil Storholt Jan Egil Storholt (born 13 February 1949) is a former speed skater from Norway. He was born in Løkken Verk which at the time was part of the Meldal municipality. Biography Together with Amund Sjøbrend, Sten Stensen, and Kay Stenshjemmet, Jan ...

Ådne Søndrål Ådne Søndrål (born 10 May 1971) is a former Norwegian speed skater. Søndrål, representing Hol IL, was one of the best 1500 m skaters through most of the 1990s. He placed 2nd in the 1992 Winter Olympics and 4th in the 1994 Olympics. ...

Magne Thomassen Magne Thomassen (born 1 May 1941) is a former speed skater from Norway. He participated in international championships over a period of more than ten years. He took part in 23 country matches for Norway in the period 1959–1971 and competed in t ...

Even Wetten Even Gabrielsen Wetten (born 12 August 1982 in Hamar) is a Norwegian speed skater. He became World Champion on 1,000 metres in 2005 in Inzell Inzell () is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany. It is known f ...

Other

Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen (; born 27 January 1974) is a retired Norwegian professional biathlete and coach, often referred to by the nickname, the "King of Biathlon". With 13 Winter Olympic Games medals, he is second on the list of multiple medali ...

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...

Sonja Henie Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norway, Norwegian figure skating, figure skater and film star. She was a three-time List of Olympic medalists in figure skating, Olympic champion (Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics, ...

, figure skater and movie star *

Tore Johannessen Tore Johannessen (2 April 1922 – 5 January 2005) was a Norwegian ice hockey referee and sports administrator. As a referee, he officiated at both the Ice Hockey World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games, and later served as president ...

, president of the

Norwegian Ice Hockey Association The Norwegian Ice Hockey Association (in Norwegian language, Norwegian, ''Norges Ishockeyforbund'' (NIHF) is the governing body of all Ice hockey in Norway, ice hockey, sledge hockey and in-line hockey in Norway. NIHF has its office at Ullevaal ...

Axel Paulsen Axel Paulsen (18 July 1855 – 9 February 1938) was a Norwegian figure skater and speed skater. He invented the figure skating Axel jump and held the world title in speed skating from 1882 to 1890. In 1976, he was inducted into the World Figure ...

, figure skater *

Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée Liv Grete Skjelbreid (born 7 July 1974) from Hålandsdal, Fusa, near the city of Bergen in western Norway, is a former professional biathlete. On 20 March 2006, Liv Grete announced her retirement, effective at the end of the season which ended o ...

, biathlete *

Robert Sørlie Robert Walter Sørlie (born 15 February 1958), (pronounced: /sir-lee/) commonly "Sorlie" in English, is a two-time Iditarod champion Norwegian dog musher and dog sled racer from Hurdal Municipality. Together with Kjetil Backen and his nephew, ...

, dogsled racer

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