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30 Famous People from Norway - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 252 times
38 since last reset
- The average score is 13 of 30
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| First explorer to reach the South Pole in 1911 | Roald Amundsen | 86%
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| Painter known for his work The Scream | Edvard Munch | 80%
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| Footballer who played as a striker for Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City | Erling Haaland | 77%
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| World Chess Champion from 2013 to 2023 | Magnus Carlsen | 66%
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| One of the first Europeans to reach North America | Leif Erikson | 63%
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| King of Norway since 1991 | Harald V | 60%
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| Founder of the first European settlement on Greenland | Erik the Red | 54%
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| The first athlete to win six gold medals at a single Winter Games during Milano Cortina 2026 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | 51%
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| Track and field athlete who holds world record in 400 m hurdles | Karsten Warholm | 51%
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| Footballer and later coach of Manchester United | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | 51%
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| Highest-ranked Norwegian tennis player in history | Casper Ruud | 49%
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| Military officer who headed the government during the occupation of the country by Nazis | Vidkun Quisling | 49%
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| Romantic era composer whose famous piece is In the Hall of the Mountain King | Edvard Grieg | 46%
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| 13th Secretary General of NATO from 2014 to 2024 | Jens Stoltenberg | 46%
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| Adventurer known for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947 | Thor Heyerdahl | 46%
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| Playwright and theatre director often referred to as "the Father of Realism" | Henrik Ibsen | 43%
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| Two-time Olympic gold medalist and one of Norway's greatest alpine skiers | Aksel Lund Svindal | 40%
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| DJ who received international acclaim after releasing the single Faded | Alan Walker | 40%
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| World-famous DJ and producer who pioneered the "tropical house" genre | Kygo | 37%
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| Lead singer of the synthpop/rock band A-ha | Morten Harket | 37%
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| Middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 34%
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| The most decorated Winter Olympian of all time with 15 medals in cross-country skiing | Marit Bjørgen | 34%
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| Explorer who led a number of expeditions to the Arctic | Fridtjof Nansen | 31%
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| Resistance fighter during World War II, specialising in sabotage in occupied Norway | Max Manus | 31%
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| Writer known primarily for his crime novels featuring Inspector Harry Hole | Jo Nesbo | 29%
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| Rally driver who won the World Rally Championship in 2003 | Petter Solberg | 29%
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| Actress who had two Oscar nominations for movies The Emigrants and Face to Face | Liv Ullmann | 26%
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| Viking who became the first ruler of Normandy | Rollo | 9%
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| Female javelin thrower who was European, World, and Olympic Champion | Trine Hattestad | 9%
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| King of Norway whose death marked the end of the Viking Age | Harald Hardrada | 3%
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