Norwegian Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics. In 1924 he finished fo

Was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics. In 1924 he finished fourth in the 50 kilometre competition as well as fourth in the 18 kilometre event.

Is a Norwegian economist and politician for the Liberal Party. From 1950 to 1952 he was the leader o

Is a Norwegian economist and politician for the Liberal Party. From 1950 to 1952 he was the leader of the Young Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. He was State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 1967 to 1969, during the cabinet Borten, and became Minister of the Finance in 1972–1973 during the cabinet Korvald. Norbom never held elected political office. He subsequently worked as a researcher with the National Bureau of Economic Research, the United Nations and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) during the 1950s and 1960s. He was director in the International Trade Centre Unctad/Gatt 1973-1984, the Permanent Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Social Affairs 1984-1993, and member of the United Nations Social Policy Committee 1987-1990.

Is a former Norwegian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Is a former Norwegian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Is a former Norwegian wrestler and a member of Kolbotn IL (one of the largest sports clubs in Norway

Is a former Norwegian wrestler and a member of Kolbotn IL (one of the largest sports clubs in Norway). He won a total of 9 medals in international championships and was the third Norwegian to win two individual Summer Olympic gold medals (1988 Olympics in

Was a Norwegian farmer, politician and a council of state, and he had central positions of trust wit

Was a Norwegian farmer, politician and a council of state, and he had central positions of trust within agricultural economic organizations.Sundby was a board member of the Party of Agriculture from 1928 to 1945, and represented the party in Vestby for two periods. He was a member of the parliament from 1922 to 1945. During the governance of the Party of Agriculture, Sundby was a Norwegian Minister of Agriculture, 1931–1932, as well as head of the Ministry of Finance in 1932 under Jens Hundseid, then Minister of Finance 1932-1933. He was initially unwilling to become a council of the state, but gave in due to an ultimatum from Peder Kolstad when he was the Minister of Agriculture in 1931. Sundby was pivotal in developing the Norwegian subsidy schemes of agriculture.

Was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. Being known as one of the "Eidsvoll men", he played an

Was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. Being known as one of the "Eidsvoll men", he played an important role in the events of Norway in 1814.Later, he participated in several governments. He was a prominent minister, and got the post of first minis

Is a Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Färjestads BK of the Swedis

Is a Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Färjestads BK of the Swedish Elitserien.

Was a Norwegian cross country skier and athlete during the 1950s. She finished 12th in the 10 km ev

Was a Norwegian cross country skier and athlete during the 1950s. She finished 12th in the 10 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.

A Norwegian singer and musical theatre artist. Her parents are from Oppstryn in Stryn, in Sogn og Fj

A Norwegian singer and musical theatre artist. Her parents are from Oppstryn in Stryn, in Sogn og Fjordane county, and she has also lived there since age 12.Jorun Erdal started her musical career touring Norway for three years with the band Ice. At the end her voice was exhausted, so she decided to take a break studying economics instead. Then she was engaged as a backing vocalists for the two Norwegian revue show stars Hege Schøyen and Øivind Blunck. After seven years, she had done almost 850 performances for them and their two shows Bare gode venner and Fast følge. During the last few years, she has been involved with several summer revues,

Won the Idol (Norway) version of Pop Idol in 2005.She grew up with adoptive parents in Vennesla. She

Won the Idol (Norway) version of Pop Idol in 2005.She grew up with adoptive parents in Vennesla. She is the only winner of this version to have been born outside of Norway, and as of 2005 (season 3), the only female to have won.Jorun Stiansen is one of only seven contestants in the Idol (Norway) history who succeeded in staying out of “bottom three/two” places in weekly votes along with Kurt Nilsen (season 1), Gaute Ormåsen (season 1), Susanne Nordbøe (season 2), Alejandro Fuentes (season 3), Tone Damli Aaberge (season 3) and Jonas Thomassen (season 4). Of them, only Nilsen and Stiansen went on to win the competition.

Is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.She was elected to the municipal council of S

Is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.She was elected to the municipal council of Steinkjer in 1979, and re-elected in 1983, sitting until 1987. The last two years, she was on the executive board. From 1980 to 1983, she also sat as a depu

Is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn

Is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane in 1993, and was re-elected on two occasions. She had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1989–1993.

Is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was a member of Rennebu municipal council from 197

Is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was a member of Rennebu municipal council from 1971 to 1977. He chaired the local party chapter from 1971 to 1977. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Sør-Trøndelag in 1977, and was re-elected

Is a Norwegian former football player, famous for his physical playing style and aerial dominance.At

Is a Norwegian former football player, famous for his physical playing style and aerial dominance.At club level he usually played centre-forward. For the national team he played right winger, and was instrumental for the tactics applied by former Norway c

Is a Norwegian football coach and former player. Hailing from Åkrehamn, he has spent most of his ca

Is a Norwegian football coach and former player. Hailing from Åkrehamn, he has spent most of his career with FK Haugesund.Grindhaug played regularly until the summer of 1998, when his career was halted due to knee injuries. Following five operations, he r

Is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He finished sixth in the K-4 1000 m even

Is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He finished sixth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Is a Norwegian freestyle skier. She represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, whe

Is a Norwegian freestyle skier. She represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where she placed 8th in the Women's ski cross.

Is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament fr

Is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 2001, but was not re-elected in 2005. She had previously served as a deputy representative during the terms 1989–1993, 1993–1997 and 1997–20