List of Famous people born in Vestland, Norway

Knute Rockne

Knut Larsen Rokne
First Name Knute
Born on March 4, 1888
Died on March 31, 1931 (aged 43)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Knute Kenneth Rockne was a Norwegian-American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame.

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Kim Friele

Karen-Christine Wilhemsen
First Name Kim
Last Name Friele
Born on May 27, 1935
Died on November 22, 2021 (aged 86)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Karen Christine Friele, known as Kim Friele, was a Norwegian gay rights and human rights activist, famous for being the first Norwegian to publicly acknowledge and advocate for her sexuality, in June 1965. She acted as the leader for the previously secret organization Forbundet av 1948 between 1966 and 1971, and as its secretary general until 1989.

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Erna Solberg

First Name Erna
Last Name Solberg
Born on February 24, 1961 (age 63)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Erna Solberg is a Norwegian politician serving as Prime Minister of Norway since 2013 and Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004. She has been given the nickname "Iron Erna", inspired by Margaret Thatcher's nickname, the "Iron Lady".

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Johannes Thingnes Bø

First Name Johannes
Last Name
Born on May 16, 1993 (age 30)
Born in Norway, Vestland
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Johannes Thingnes Bø is a Norwegian biathlete. He represents Markane IL and is the younger brother of biathlete Tarjei Bø. Thingnes Bø has won the Biathlon World Cup in 2018/19 and 2019/20. He is the third most successful male biathlete of all time in the World Cup with 52 individual World Cup victories including victories at the Winter Olympic Games.

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Varg Vikernes

Kristian Larsson Vikernes
First Name Varg
Last Name Vikernes
Born on February 11, 1973 (age 51)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Louis Cachet, better known as Varg Vikernes, is a Norwegian musician, writer, and convicted murderer best known for his early black metal albums and later criminal convictions. His first four records, issued under the name Burzum from 1991 to 1994, made him one of the most influential figures in black metal. In 1994, he was convicted of murder and arson, and subsequently served 15 years in prison.

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Kristian Blummenfelt

First Name Kristian
Born on February 14, 1994 (age 30)
Born in Norway, Vestland
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Kristian Blummenfelt is a Norwegian triathlete and Olympic gold medalist, competing at both short course and 70.3 (half-Ironman) distance. He was the Gold Medal winner for the men's triathlon at the 2020 Olympics.

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Max Manus

Maximo Guillermo Manus
First Name Max
Last Name Manus
Born on December 9, 1914
Died on September 20, 1996 (aged 81)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Maximo Guillermo "Max" Manus DSO, MC & Bar was a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II, specialising in sabotage in occupied Norway. After the war. he wrote several books about his adventures and started the successful office supply company Max Manus AS.

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Tarjei Bø

First Name Tarjei
Born on July 29, 1988 (age 35)
Born in Norway, Vestland
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Tarjei Bø is a Norwegian professional biathlete. Bø debuted in the Biathlon World Cup on 26 March 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, and won his first World Cup victory on 10 December 2010. In the 2010 Winter Olympics he earned his first gold medal in the 4 × 7.5 km biathlon relay. On 10 December 2010 he won the sprint race in Hochfilzen, earning his first world cup victory. He also won the following pursuit race and anchored the winning relay team. Bø is the older brother of biathlete Johannes Thingnes Bø.

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Ivar Giaever

First Name Ivar
Last Name Giaever
Born on April 5, 1929 (age 94)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Ivar Giaever is a Norwegian-American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson "for their discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in solids". Giaever's share of the prize was specifically for his "experimental discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in superconductors". Giaever is a professor emeritus at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the president of the company Applied Biophysics.

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Johan Friele

First Name Johan
Born on November 29, 1866
Died on October 1, 1927 (aged 60)
Born in Norway, Vestland

Johan Mohr Friele was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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