Born in Kongsberg Municipality

Kongsberg Municipality

Municipality in Buskerud, Norway

Kongsberg Municipality as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Norwegian musician, Norwegian singer, Jazz double bassist): Christian Meaas Svendsen, Morten Harket, Tine Asmundsen and some more.

Celebrities from Kongsberg Municipality

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Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988

64

Morten Harket

Norwegian singer

*September 14th, 1959

61

Tine Asmundsen

Jazz double bassist

*April 8th, 1963

44

Sigurd Pettersen

Norwegian ski jumper

*February 28th, 1980

85

Christian Sinding

Norwegian composer

*January 11th, 1856 †December 3rd, 1941, Oslo

97

Hilmar Myhra

Norwegian ski jumper (1915-2013)

*June 4th, 1915 †April 13th, 2013, Kongsberg Municipality

86

Birger Ruud

Norwegian skier and ski jumper (1911-1998)

*August 23rd, 1911 †June 13th, 1998, Kongsberg Municipality

36

Terrence Oglesby

Norwegian/American professional basketball player

*March 12th, 1988

69

Ole Petter Ottersen

Norwegian medical academic

*March 17th, 1955

75

Håkon Austbø

Norwegian musician

*October 22nd, 1948

84

Sverre Fehn

Norwegian architect (1924-2009)

*August 14th, 1924 †February 23rd, 2009, Oslo

49

Ingeborg Helen Marken

Norwegian alpine skier

*January 23rd, 1975

45

Morten Qvenild

Norwegian jazz pianist, band leader, and producer

*August 31st, 1978

71

Halfdan Cleve

Norwegian composer

*October 5th, 1879 †April 6th, 1951, Oslo

42

Børre Næss

Norwegian cross-country skier

*January 23rd, 1982

90

Svein Ellingsen

Norwegian painter (1929-2020)

*July 13th, 1929 †April 5th, 2020

33

Petter Røste Fossen

Norwegian ice hockey player

*February 16th, 1991

76

John Rødseth

Norwegian sport shooter

*July 11th, 1947

35

David Aleksander Sjølie

Norwegian musician

*May 7th, 1988

70

Pål Henning Hansen

Norwegian cyclist

*May 16th, 1953

78

Anne Marie Ottersen

Norwegian actress

*April 29th, 1945

88

Trond Dolva

Norwegian judge

*July 13th, 1934 †December 11th, 2022, Asker Municipality

Birthdays of famous people