Anders Rasmusson Vassbotn (16 May 1868 – 30 August 1944) was a Norwegian farmer, writer and politician for the Liberal Party. He was the mayor of Volda from 1911 to 1913. He sat in the Parliament of Norway from 1913 to 1930, and was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1938 to 1939.
Olav V was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.
Jens Kristian Meinich Bratlie was a Norwegian attorney and military officer. He served as an elected official representing the Conservative Party. He was the 13th prime minister of Norway from 1912 to 1913.
Johan Collett Müller Borgen was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel Lillelord for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966.
Erik Mathiassen Enge was a Norwegian politician for the Free-minded Liberal Party and later the Agrarian Party. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 1912 to 1913. From 1927 to 1930, he was the leader of the Agrarian Party. Enge was a farmer by profession.
Christian Fredrik Monsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and the Communist Party.
Fredrik Stang was a Norwegian law professor and politician for the Conservative Party. He served as a Member of Parliament, leader of the Conservative Party, Minister of Justice and the Police, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and Rector of The Royal Frederick University. His father was Prime Minister Emil Stang and his grandfather was Prime Minister Frederik Stang.
Lauritz Bergendahl was a Norwegian Nordic skier who won both the Nordic combined and the 50 km cross-country skiing events at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, and 1915. Bergendahl's Holmenkollen 50 km cross-country skiing victories have only been exceeded by one skier while his Holmenkollen Nordic combined victories have been matched by three others. Bergendahl earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1910 while his nephew Lars earned the honor in 1939.
Sverre Hansen was a Norwegian football player who competed in the Olympic games in 1936. He was born in Larvik. He was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal in Berlin. He earned 15 caps and scored 7 goals for the Norway national football team from 1933 to 1936.
Odd Frantzen was a Norwegian football outside right player from Bergen who played for SK Hardy. He was capped 20 times for Norway, and scored five international goals. He was a member of Norway's 1936 Summer Olympics bronze medal team, beating Germany 2-0 in the quarter finals, and played in the 1938 World Cup. Norway their first match to Italy in the round 16 (2-1), and Italy would go on to win the cup.
Budstikka, prior to 2004 known as Asker og Bærum Budstikke, is a daily local newspaper published out of Billingstad in Asker, Norway. It covers the municipalities of Asker and Bærum, and is the only newspaper issued in the area.
Jonas Pedersen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He served as the County Governor of Nordland county from 1913 until 1921 and then he was the County Governor of Aust-Agder county from 1921 until 1942.
Gunnar Andreassen was a Norwegian football player and manager. He played on Fredrikstad FK from 1933 to 1950, except during the World War II German occupation of Norway. He appeared twice on the Norway national team, in 1939 and 1945. Andreassen managed Fredrikstad from 1953 to 1956 and Østsiden IL from 1959 to 1962.
John Theodor Lund was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen was a Norwegian teacher, shipowner and politician for the Liberal Party.
Arne Ludvig Grundt Ileby was a Norwegian footballer. He played his entire senior career as a forward for Fredrikstad FK, with which he won four Norwegian Football Cup titles and two Norwegian Premier League titles.
Tore Ørjasæter was a Norwegian educator and poet.
Pola Gauguin was a Danish-Norwegian painter, art critic and biographer.
Arctic Coal Company was a coal mining company that operated mines at Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, between 1906 and 1916.
Sven Viktor Rosendahl was a Swedish journalist, novelist and short story writer. Among his books are the short story collection Svartstarr from 1949 and the novel Gud fader och tattaren from 1951. He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1984.
Wollert Konow was a Norwegian politician and farmer.