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Playwright and novelist who authored "Peer Gynt" and "A Doll's House"
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Henrik Ibsen
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First Secretary-General of the United Nations
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Trygve Lie
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Composer famous for "Lyric Pieces" and incidental music to "Peer Gynt"
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Edvard Grieg
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Expressionist painter known for "The Scream"
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Edvard Munch
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Explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian whose efforts to defend refugees and displaced people earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922
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Fridtjof Nansen
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Cross-country skier, most successful sprinter in cross-country World Cup history
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Marit Bjørgen
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Author who wrote the lyrics to the Norwegian national anthem and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1903
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Bjørstjerne Bjørnson
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Ethnographer and adventurer known for the Kon-Tiki expedition across the Pacific Ocean in 1947
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Thor Heyerdahl
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Figure-skating champion who became one the highest-paid filma stars in Hollywood in the 30's and 40's
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Sonja Henie
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Author who wrote "Hunger" and "Growth of the Soil" and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920
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Knut Hamsun
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Actress and filmmaker who starred in several films by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman (eg. "Persona", "Shame", "Hour of the Wolf") and also has a daughter with him
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Liv Ullmann
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King of Norway since 1991
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Harald V
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Explorer who discovered the South Pole in 1911
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Roald Amundsen
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Fascist politician who collaborated with Germany in World War II and was executed for high treason in 1945
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Vidkun Quisling
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Explorer who founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland
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Erik the Red
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Black metal band whose discography includes "Death Cult Armageddon" and "In Sorte Diaboli"
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Dimmu Borgir
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World-famous violinist of the 19th century who bought land and found a colony in Pennsylvania
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Ole Bull
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Cross-country skier, most successful winter Olympic champion of all time
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Bjørn Dæhlie
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Businessman who built large shipping empire bearing his name
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Thomas Fredik Olsen (Fred. Olsen)
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Wagnerian soprano often called "the voice of the century"
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Kirsten Flagstad
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Physician who identified the prime agent of leprosy in 1873; leprosy is also known as "_____'s disease" in his honour
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Gerhard Armauer Hansen
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