Lars Sponheim is a Norwegian politician. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2010. He was a member of the Storting from 1993 to 2009, and a government minister from 1997 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2005. He served as County Governor of Vestland from 2010 to 2022, having served as the County Governor of Hordaland from 2010 until the office was merged with that of neighboring Sogn og Fjordane in 2019.
Svein Harald Ludvigsen is a Norwegian former politician for the Conservative Party and a convicted sex offender. He served as a member of parliament (1989–2001), deputy leader of the Conservative Party (1990–1991), minister of fisheries (2001–2005), and county governor of Troms (2006–2014). In 2019 he was convicted of sexually abusing three young men, and sentenced to five years imprisonment; his conviction and sentence became final in January 2020.
Dagfinn Sundsbø is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Svein Knutsson was the son of Cnut the Great, king of Denmark, Norway, and England, and his first wife Ælfgifu of Northampton, a Mercian noblewoman. In 1017 Cnut married Emma of Normandy, but there is no evidence that Ælfgifu was repudiated, and in 1030 Cnut sent her and Svein as regents to rule Norway. However, their rule was considered oppressive by the Norwegians. They imposed new taxes and harsh laws that made them unpopular and they were expelled in 1034.
Svein Alsaker is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament from 1985 until 1993. He was also a County Governor for both Finnmark and Hordaland counties.
Svein Olsen Øraker was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Svein Flåtten is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Leif Frode Onarheim was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.
André Støylen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Elverum Fotball is the association football section of the sports club Elverum IL from Elverum, Norway. They compete in the 3. divisjon, the fourth tier in the Norwegian football league system.
Linn Jørum Sulland is a Norwegian handball player for Oppsal and a retired player for the Norwegian national team.
Svein Døvle Larssen was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He spent most of his career in the Conservative press in the county of Vestfold, and was also an elected politician for the Conservative Party. He also held a number of positions in Norwegian media organizations.
Ottar Egil Toreng was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician.
Svein Harberg is a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Conservative Party. He has served as a member of Parliament for Aust-Agder since 2009, and the Storting's first Vice President since 2021. He was also mayor of Grimstad from 2003 to 2007.
Svein Erik Brodal is a Norwegian actor, theatre director, poet, novelist and politician. He made his stage debut at Det Norske Teatret in 1960, and served as theatre director from 1979 to 1990. He was a deputy representative to the Storting from 1997 to 2001.
Svein Fjælberg is a Norwegian former football defender. He played 11 seasons for the Norwegian club Viking, where he won the league twice as well as two cup titles. Fjælberg was capped 33 times for Norway. After his retirement he served as the assistant coach of Viking on three occasions.
Setesvein or setesvenn is the name of medieval and pre-reformatory armed pages who acted as local representatives of a bishop or of a feudal lord in Norway. Setesveins between 1350 and 1537 are commonly associated with the Catholic Archbishop, on whose behalf they exercised administrative and military functions in their respective districts. Clerical setesveins were especially numerous in Northern Norway, where they constitute an important part of the regional upper-class history.
Margret Hagerup is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She has been a member of the Storting since 2017.
Willfred Nordlund is a Norwegian politician. He has served as member of parliament for Nordland since 2017. He previously served as deputy member between 2009 and 2017 and Nordland county commissioner for transport between 2015 and 2017.
Nordfold is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 561-square-kilometre (217 sq mi) municipality existed from 1906 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality surrounded the Nordfolda branch off of the Folda fjord in what is now Steigen Municipality, plus a small portion of the present-day Sørfold Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Nordfold, where the Nordfold Church is located.
