Top 20 most important and famous people from Norway

Painter of The Scream and Puberty

Painter of Winter at the Sognefjord and Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight

Writer of Kristin Lavransdatter, a trilogy about life in Norway in the Middle Ages. Winner of Nobel Prize in 1928

Writer, winner of Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920, writer of Hunger and Growth of the Soil

Playwright of A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler

Writer, winner of Nobel Prize in Literature in 1903

King from 1905 to 1957

King from 1991

Secretary general of NATO since 2014

Explorer who led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1922

Explorer, a key figure of the antarctic explorations

Scientist, who discovered grid cells in the brain's medial entorhinal cortex, winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2014

Physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 for their discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in solids

Composer, considered one of the greatest Romantic era composers

Director of The Imitation Game

Actress, famous for her roles in Persona, Cries and Whispers and Scenes from a Marriage

Pop band, Take On Me

Coach and football player, legend of Manchester United

Football player of Manchester City

Female cross-country skier, winner of 15 Winter Olympic medals