List of Famous people born in Buskerud, Norway

Henrik Robert

First Name Henrik
Born on March 20, 1887
Died on September 2, 1971 (aged 84)
Born in Norway, Buskerud

Henrik Robert was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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Thoralf Skolem

Thoralf Albert Skolem
First Name Thoralf
Born on May 23, 1887
Died on March 23, 1963 (aged 75)
Born in Norway, Buskerud

Thoralf Albert Skolem was a Norwegian mathematician who worked in mathematical logic and set theory.

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Renate Reinsve

First Name Renate
Born on November 24, 1987 (age 36)
Born in Norway, Buskerud

Renate Reinsve is a Norwegian actress. She gave her film debut in Oslo, August 31st (2011) before making her starring turn in the critically acclaimed film The Worst Person in the World (2021) which earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress.

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Herman Wildenvey

First Name Herman
Last Name Wildenvey
Died on September 27, 1959
Born in Norway, Buskerud

Herman Wildenvey, born Herman Theodor Portaas, was one of the most prominent Norwegian poets of the twentieth century. During his lifetime he published 44 books of his own poetry, in addition to translations of William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, and Heinrich Heine. He was married to the novelist Gisken Wildenvey.

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Frode Thingnæs

First Name Frode
Born on May 20, 1940
Died on November 15, 2012 (aged 72)
Born in Norway, Buskerud

Frode Thingnæs was a Norwegian jazz composer, arranger, conductor and trombone player who formed the Frode Thingnæs Quintet in 1960.

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Odd Hilt

First Name Odd
Born on March 8, 1916
Died on December 9, 1986 (aged 70)
Born in Norway, Buskerud

Odd Hilt was a Norwegian sculptor.

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Poul Christian Holst

First Name Poul
Last Name Holst
Born on January 21, 1776
Died on August 7, 1863 (aged 87)
Born in Norway, Buskerud

Poul Christian Holst was a Norwegian government official who held several positions in the period 1814–1848. Holst led negotiations over debt with Denmark in 1817, after the dissolution of the union between the two countries in 1814.

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Reidar Borgersen

Reidar Bohlin Borgersen
First Name Reidar
Born on April 10, 1980 (age 43)
Born in Norway, Buskerud

Reidar Bohlin Borgersen is a Norwegian former racing cyclist, and speed skater. He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, and was the 2012 and 2014 winner of the Norwegian National Time Trial Championships.

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Kate Gulbrandsen

First Name Kate
Last Name Gulbrandsen
Born on August 6, 1965 (age 58)
Born in Norway, Buskerud

Kate Gulbrandsen is a Norwegian singer. In 1986 she represented Norway at the Yamaha Song Festival in Tokyo with the song "Carnival". She won the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix 1987 in a very close regional vote, giving her the opportunity to compete for Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song "Mitt liv", written by Rolf Løvland and Hanne Krogh. There, in Brussels, she came a respectable ninth.

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Roar Grønvold

First Name Roar
Born on March 19, 1946 (age 78)
Born in Norway, Buskerud
Height 186 cm | 6'1

Roar Grønvold is a former speed skater from Norway.

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