Listed below are other Norwegians of high attainment. There are, however, not yet extensive resources relating to them on the Internet. Where available, descriptions of them by the Norway Online Information Service, appearing on the Odin website, are quoted in boxes.

Carl Anton Bjerknes | Vilhelm Bjerknes | Jakob Bjerknes | Jens Bjorneboe | Robert Bly | Ole Bull | Camilla Collett | Trygve Haavelmo | Odd Hassel | Alexander Kiellandissel | Theodor Kittelsen | Christian Lous Lange | Jonas Lie | Sophus Lie | Trygve Halvdan Lie | Atle Selber | Christian Sinding | Gustav Vigeland | Grete Waitz | Henrik Wergeland

. .  Carl Anton Bjerknes (father of Vilhelm Bjerknes) (1825-1903), scientist ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Carl Anton Bjerknes -- Thumbnail biography provided by Scotland's University of St. Andrews.       ___________________   Vilhelm Frimann Koren Bjerknes (father of Jakob Bjerknes) (1862-1951),  physicist,  meteorologist ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯      Vilhelm Frimann Koren Bjerknes -- Brief biography on website of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. ___________________ Jakob Bjerknes (1897-1975), meteorogist ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ A Talk Delivered as a Tribute to J. Bjerknes on the 100th Anniversary of His Birth -- An Oct. 25, 1997 address by S.V. Venkateswaran at UCLA where Bjerknes taught.  The Eye of the Cyclone -- Brief biography posted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Nov. 3, 1997, a day after the centenury of Bjerknes' birth in Kristiania (Oslo).

Jens Bjørneboe
(1920-76), writer

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Robert Bly
(1926 - ), poet, author

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(1810-1880), violinist

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The first modern novel in Norwegian literature, The District Governor's Daughters (Amtmannens Døtre) was published in 1854-55. It was well ahead of its time. Not until the1870s, when the Danish literary critic Georg Brandes pointed out the need for literature which would promote a debate on social problems, was there really any room for realistic writing that addressed the problems of the time. The District Governor's Daughters was issued anonymously, but it was scarcely any secret that the author was a woman. Her name was Camilla Collett (1813-1895). She was a widow with two sons, belonged to the ruling class of state officials, and was the sister of Norway's most gifted and controversial poet, Henrik Wergeland. Camilla Collett's novel was primarily a demand for the emotional and intellectual liberation of women. Although she did not call for explicit reforms to promote the emancipation of women, this work is regarded as a breakthrough for the cause of sexual equality in Norway. Camilla Collett herself was a strong inspiration for the women who formed the first women's rights organization in 1884. According to the author, her book could equally well have been called "A Nation's Daughters": it was a contribution to a national "story of the female heart." At that time a woman's sole lot and purpose in lifewas to marry, be supported and devote herself to family life. But when this life's mission was not based on the free choice of spouse -- and this was very rarely the case -- women's adult lives were bound to be tragic, asserted Camilla Collett. The radical element in Camilla Collett's demand that women be allowed to choose their own husbands was that it would result in women being treated as independent and responsible individuals, which was hardly the case at that time.   Excerpted from..."Norwegian Women Writers"

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(1896-1968), statesman; first secretary general of United Nations

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