Sissel Kyrkjebø, also simply known as Sissel, is a Norwegian soprano.
Anna Gutto, or Anna Guttormsgaard, is a Norwegian-born American film director, writer, and actor. She wrote and directed her debut feature-length film Paradise Highway (2022), featuring Juliette Binoche and Morgan Freeman. Prior to that, she had directed episodes of the Norwegian Netflix series Home for Christmas, as well as five short films. Described as a "multi-hyphenate creative", her career has included playwriting, as well as translation and adaptation of Norwegian texts into English.
Grethe Kausland was a Norwegian singer, performer and actress. As a child star she was one of Norway's most popular singers, and she participated in several films as a child. She represented Norway in the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest, singing "Småting" with Benny Borg. From 1973 she performed regularly with the entertaining group Dizzie Tunes. Awarded "Spellemannprisen" 1978 for the album A Taste of Grethe Kausland, and "Leonardstatuetten" 1991 for her achievements on the revue scene.
Gunvor Hofmo was a Norwegian writer, often considered one of Norway's most influential modernist poets.
Johannes Sigfred Andersen was a Norwegian resistance fighter during the Second World War, a member of the Norwegian Independent Company 1 (NOR.I.C.1). He was nicknamed "Gulosten"; 'The Yellow Cheese'. He also used the surname Ostein during the war. Andersen was a controversial character, because of his pre-war life as a well-known career criminal and a series of incidents that occurred during the war years. These incidents included Andersen working as an assassin during the war, and shortly after the war killing two German prisoners of war during a drinking binge. After the war, Andersen started a wood furniture business. He was supported financially by King Haakon VII of Norway, whose friendship he had gained during the war. Andersen was repeatedly accused of crimes after the war, and on one occasion convicted.
Egil Svartdahl is a Norwegian Christian minister active in the Pentecostal movement. He has been the pastor of several Pentecostal churches as well as the host of several Norwegian television programs; he is known as the "TV pastor" on TV 2. Svartdahl often speaks about the renewal of the church and taking risks. Fish and fishing are also a common theme in his sermons. He is the son of preacher Hans Svartdahl and brother of Aril Svartdahl.
Glade Jul is the second album of the Norwegian soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø. The album was recorded with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. It sold 450,000 copies in 1987 and has sold over 60,000 copies in Norway since then. Adding the releases in other countries, the sales number has passed the one million mark since then. The album was mainly sold in Norway, whose population is less than five million. Glade Jul is the all-time best-selling album in Norway.
Jannike Kruse is a Norwegian singer, artist and actor. Daughter of Professor and composer Bjørn Howard Kruse and Professor and author Gro Shetelig, sister of Anine and Benedikte Kruse known from the vocal group Pitsj, niece to Philip Antony Kruse and grand child of Colonel Erling Kruse, as well as teacher in music and piano Else Grieg Shetelig.
Anne Gravingen and Bendik Romstad are a married couple who are both former advertising agents, now food entrepreneurs, who have worked together continuously since they studied together at Westerdals School of Communication in 1994. They were named by Aftenposten in 2005 as Norway's most creative couple.
Home for Christmas is a 2010 Norwegian comedy-drama film directed by Bent Hamer.
Ida Elise Broch is a Norwegian actress. She is the half-sister of Nicolai Cleve Broch and Christian Cleve Broch. Broch played Catherine in the film The Man Who Loved Yngve and had a starring role in the film Switch. She had a featured role in season 3 of the Netflix series Lilyhammer and starred in the Norwegian TV series The Third Eye, where she played police detective Mari Friis. She has also starred in two Netflix festive-themed series, Home for Christmas and A Storm for Christmas, as the lead role and as part of an ensemble cast respectively.
Karl Felix Wilhelm Sandman is a Swedish singer and actor. He is best known as a member of the boy band FO&O with two studio albums Off the Grid (2014) and FO&O (2017). He plays Sebastian Fagerman in the first Swedish Netflix original series Quicksand, which premiered on 5 April 2019.
Beforeigners is a Norwegian television series that premiered on 21 August 2019. The show was created and written by Eilif Skodvin and Anne Bjørnstad, and directed by Jens Lien. Produced by Rubicon TV AS for HBO Nordic, it is the first Norwegian-language series produced by the Nordic region channel of American network HBO.
Ulrikke Brandstorp, also known mononymously as Ulrikke, is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, musical actress, voice actress and television presenter.
Romerike Folk High School is a freelance folk high school at Jessheim in Akershus. The school has approximately 105 students and is owned by Akershus county. Romerike has cultivated one discipline, theater and music. Each year, approximately 40-50 small and large performances, everything from concerts, the whole evening's theater pieces and smaller study projects. The biggest productions play 10-14 performances, usually twice a day. The students live in boarding houses.
Reisen til julestjernen is a 1976 Norwegian fairy-tale adventure film directed by Ola Solum and starring Hanne Krogh, Knut Risan, and Bente Børsum. The film was the solo feature-film directing début by Ola Solum. It is regularly broadcast by NRK every Christmas Eve.
Aasta Falkberget was a Norwegian writer and painter.
Kai Remlov is a Norwegian actor. He has been engaged with the National Theater in Oslo since 1973, including at its Torshov Theater.
Yoh! Christmas is a South African romantic comedy television series inspired by the Norwegian series Home for Christmas. It premiered on Netflix on 15 December 2023, with Netflix introducing this new series in place of the annual series How To Ruin Christmas.
Ine Finholt Jansen is a Norwegian actress. For her television work she has won one Gullruten and two Komiprisen awards.
