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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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0016 POLITICIAN

Jan Egeland

Born 1957

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0062 POLITICIAN

Lars Oftedal (born 1838)

1838 - 1900

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0069 POLITICIAN

Jan Simonsen

1953 - 2019

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0099 POLITICIAN

Aslak Sira Myhre

Born 1973

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0118 POLITICIAN

Christian S. Oftedal

1907 - 1955

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0125 POLITICIAN

Christian Zetlitz Bretteville

1800 - 1871

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0143 POLITICIAN

Sven Oftedal (politician)

1905 - 1948

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0200 POLITICIAN

Helge Solum Larsen

1969 - 2015

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0214 POLITICIAN

Helge Ole Bergesen

1949 - 2015

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0227 POLITICIAN

Torstein Tvedt Solberg

Born 1985

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0235 POLITICIAN

Peder Valentin Rosenkilde

1772 - 1836

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0240 POLITICIAN

Jacob Otto Lange

1833 - 1902

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0241 POLITICIAN

Siri A. Meling

Born 1963

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0253 POLITICIAN

Lars T. Platou

1920 - 2003

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0278 POLITICIAN

Just Henrik Ely

1759 - 1824

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0279 POLITICIAN

Einar Borch

1870 - 1952

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0285 POLITICIAN

Sverre Mauritzen

Born 1943

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0295 POLITICIAN

Kristin Kverneland Lønningdal

1923 - 2010

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0297 POLITICIAN

Trond Birkedal

Born 1980

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0302 POLITICIAN

Aleksander Stokkebø

Born 1994

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0304 POLITICIAN

Sven Nielsen

1883 - 1958

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0306 POLITICIAN

Jan Johnsen

1941 - 2000

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0307 POLITICIAN

Edle Daasvand

Born 1969

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0310 POLITICIAN

Olav Hindahl

1892 - 1963

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0315 POLITICIAN

Søren Tobias Årstad

1861 - 1928

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0318 POLITICIAN

Ingerid Gjøstein Resi

1901 - 1955

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0323 POLITICIAN

Lauritz Bernhard Sirevaag

1926 - 2016

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0325 POLITICIAN

Cornelius Middelthon

1869 - 1934

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0335 POLITICIAN

Paul Ingebretsen

1904 - 1968

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0337 POLITICIAN

Jonas Pedersen

1871 - 1953

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0338 POLITICIAN

Ove Rullestad

Born 1940

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0341 POLITICIAN

Turid Leirvoll

Born 1956

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0370 POLITICIAN

Ole Rømer Aagaard Sandberg (godsägare)

1831 - 1899

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0372 POLITICIAN

Jan Petter Rasmussen

Born 1947

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0379 POLITICIAN

Hans Lindahl Falck

1863 - 1937

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0383 POLITICIAN

Kari Helliesen

Born 1938

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