Oscar Fredrik Torp (help·info) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was party leader from 1923 to 1945, and mayor of Oslo in 1935 and 1936. In 1935 he became acting Minister of Defence in the government of Johan Nygaardsvold. He was also Minister of Social Affairs from 1936 to 1939, and then Minister of Finance from 1939 to 1942. He was appointed Minister of Defence again in 1942 in the London-based Norwegian exile government. He continued until the election in 1945 when he became Minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction until 1948.
Erna Solberg is a Norwegian politician serving as Prime Minister of Norway since 2013 and Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004. She has been given the nickname "Iron Erna"; this was inspired by Margaret Thatcher being termed the "Iron Lady".
Ola Skjåk Bræk was a Norwegian banker and politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Industry in 1972–1973.
Aase Ingerid Nathalie Bjerkholt was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Oslo.
August Geelmuyden Spørck was a Norwegian military officer and politician for the Liberal Party. He is best known as the Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1909 to 1910.
Siv Jensen is a Norwegian politician and leader of the Progress Party since 2006. She also held the position as Minister of Finance from 2013 to 2020 in the Solberg Cabinet. She has been a member of the Norwegian parliament from Oslo since 1997.
Anniken Scharning Huitfeldt is a Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party. She served as Minister of Children and Equality from 2008-2009, Minister of Culture from 2009-2012 and Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion from 2012-2013.
Grete Faremo is a former Norwegian politician, lawyer and business leader. Since August 2014, she has held the post of Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). During her political career, she held high-level positions in the Norwegian Government including Minister of Justice from 1992-1996 and 2011-2013, Minister of Petroleum and Energy in 1996, Minister of International Development from 1990-1992 and Minister of Defence from 2009-2011.
Inger Lise Gjørv was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Trine Skei Grande is a Norwegian politician and leader of the Liberal Party of Norway since 2010. She served as Minister of Education from January to March 2020, and as Minister of Culture and Gender Equality from 2018 to 2020. She is also a member of parliament for Oslo since 2001.
Øystein Mæland is a Norwegian psychiatrist, civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. In 2011, Mæland was appointed director of the National Police Directorate, a position he retained until August 2012 when he resigned in the wake of the Gjørv Report. He has since 2014 been director of Akershus University Hospital.
Hadia Tajik is a Pakistani-Norwegian jurist, journalist and politician. On 21 September 2012, she was appointed Minister of Culture and, at 29 years of age, became the youngest minister to serve in the Norwegian government, but has since been beaten by Ida Lindtveit Røse, who assumed a position in the government just 27 years of age. She is the first Muslim and Asian member of government, and is a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party representing Oslo.
Anne-Lise Seip is a Norwegian historian and former politician for the Socialist People's Party. A professor emerita at the University of Oslo, she specialized in social history and the history of the welfare state. She was married to the famous historian Jens Arup Seip.
Jens Lauritz Arup Seip was a Norwegian historian originally trained as a medieval historian, but stood out as the strongest of his time in interpreting Norwegian political history in the 1800s, particularly known for having created the term "embedsmannsstaten". He was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1952 to 1975, he specialized in political history and the history of ideas. He was married to fellow historian Anne-Lise Seip. Seip's use of the Norwegian language and his writing style which numerous historians have described as brilliant, and often tried emulating. Seip was included among the 16 authors of " The Norwegian literary canon" from 1900 to 1960 and 2nd among 20 authors in a ranking of nonfiction writers conducted by Dagbladet in 2008. Seip received an honorary doctorate at the University of Bergen from 1975.
Milly Elise "Lise" Børsum was a Norwegian resistance member during World War II, survivor from the Ravensbrück concentration camp, and known for her writings and organizing work after the war.
The Norwegian Cancer Society is a non-profitmaking organisation in Norway.
Inger Lise Husøy is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party.
Anne-Lise Berntsen was a Norwegian soprano. The daughter of Harald Berntsen (1901–1974) and Arnhild Rossetnes (1916–1991), she was born in Drammen, and grew up in Eggedal. She studied at the Mozarteum, Salzburg, and undertook further music education in Aarhus, The Hague and London. Bernsten made her concert debuts in Aarhus and in London in 1978. Her operatic debut was in Stockholm in 1984.
Sigrid Stray was a Norwegian barrister and proponent for women's rights.
Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale is a Norwegian biochemist. She is a senior scientist at Oslo University Hospital and Professor of molecular tumor biology at the University of Oslo. She received the 2002 Nordic Medical Prize. In 2015 she received the Fritjof Nansen medal and award for Outstanding Research from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and in 2017 she was appointed to Commander of the Royal Norwegian St. Olavs Order by the King of Norway.
