Famous People with Name Ketil

Ketil Stokkan            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Ketil Stokkan: is a Norwegian pop artist who has performed as solo artist as well as the singer in the Norwegian band Zoo. 1983 saw him participate in the Norwegian qualifying heat fro Eurovision with the song "Samme charmeur" which was placed second. In 1986 he won the national Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Romeo", written by himself, which came 12th on homeground in the Eurovision Song Contest final, which that year was held in Bergen, Norway.

Ketil Solvik-Olsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Ketil Solvik-Olsen: is a Norwegian politician and Member of Parliament for the Progress Party, where he currently holds the position as Spokesperson on Energy and Environmental Issues. He is a personally Christian, and was a member of the Church of Norway until he withdrew in 2010 after leaders of the church had publicly opposed oil exploration in Lofoten and Vesterålen, with Solvik-Olsen strongly opposing the church getting involved in "party politics". He is connected to Pentecostalism, in that he feels a close belonging with the Pentecostal congregation Filadelfia. His wife is also a member of the congregation, and his two children is christened there.

Ketil Skogen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Ketil Skogen: was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1925, and served five terms in the position of deputy representative: 1919–1921, 1928–1930, 1931–1933, 1945–1949 and 1950–1953. During his fourth and fifth terms as deputy representative he sat through parts of the term as a regular representative, replacing the deceased Margit Schiøtt and Neri Valen respectively. Skogen was a member of Sauherad municipality council during the term 1910–1913, and was deputy mayor in 1919–1922.