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STAVANGER

Most Famous People Born in Stavanger, Norway

Notable people
383
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1958
Most distinctive
Handball 14.2×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Stavanger during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Stavanger Is Known For

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Football is Stavanger's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (72).

Stavanger over-indexes on handball — 14.2× the global rate.

  1. Football72
  2. Politician36
  3. Actor19
  4. Handball17
  5. Singer16
  6. Sport14
  7. Rower14
  8. Writer12
  1. Handball1714.2×
  2. Rower149.9×
  3. Professor76.6×
  4. Sculptor62.4×
  5. Sport142.2×
  6. Singer162.0×
  7. Business71.8×
  8. Journalist111.8×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Stavanger's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0082 CONDUCTOR

Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen

1903 - 1984

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0084 ACTOR

Bjarne Andersen

1909 - 1982

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0093 PAINTER

Aage Storstein

1900 - 1983

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0095 AUTHOR

Annik Saxegaard

1905 - 1990

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0104 ACTOR

Axel Kielland

1907 - 1963

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0118 POLITICIAN

Christian S. Oftedal

1907 - 1955

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0122 SCULPTOR

Stinius Fredriksen

1902 - 1977

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0143 POLITICIAN

Sven Oftedal (politician)

1905 - 1948

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0177 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Henry Imsland

1900 - 1981

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0190 SCREENWRITER

Kathrine Aurell

1901 - 1986

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0191 ROWER

Arne Mortensen

1900 - 1942

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0195 LINGUIST

Anders Platou Wyller

1903 - 1940

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0225 POLICE

Thorleif Karlsen

1909 - 2010

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0242 EDUCATOR

Einar Høigård

1907 - 1943

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0244 PRIEST

Arne Berge

1908 - 1988

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0251 PRIEST

Tord Godal

1909 - 2002

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0258 CHEMIST

Håkon Flood

1905 - 2001

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0271 LIBRARIAN

Harald L. Tveterås

1904 - 1991

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0290 PAINTER

Karl Høgberg

1901 - 1981

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0300 SENTENCED

Hans Jacob Skaar Pedersen

1908 - 1946

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0318 POLITICIAN

Ingerid Gjøstein Resi

1901 - 1955

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0335 POLITICIAN

Paul Ingebretsen

1904 - 1968

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0366 FOOTBALL

Thoralf Kristiansen

1905 - 1981

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