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Hege_Peikli

Hege Peikli (born 23 April 1957) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. She was born in Oslo, and represented the club Lambertseter IL. She competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, where she placed 37th in the 10 km.

Geir_Digerud

Geir Digerud (born 19 May 1956) is a Norwegian cyclist.
He was born in Oslo, and is the son of Per Digerud. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he placed 55th in the road race and eighth in team time trial with the Norwegian team. He won a bronze medal in team time trial at the 1979 UCI Road World Championships.He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1977, 1978 and 1979, and represented the clubs Birkenes IL and SK Rye.

Erling_Havnå

Erling Mathias Havnå (born 2 November 1957) of Arendal, Norway, is a former kickboxer and convicted criminal.
In 2005, Erling Havnå was charged and prosecuted for participating in the NOKAS armed robbery of 2004, together with David Toska and twelve other men. On 10 March 2006 the Stavanger court of law sentenced Havnå to 17 years of imprisonment for this felony. This was later reduced to 14 years. One police officer was shot and killed in the robbery.
Havnå won a silver medal in full-contact at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 1979 and stepped up to be the European Champion in 1980. Eleven years later, in 1991, he won the silver medal in the World Championship. With his fifth degree black belt, acquired in 2003, Erling Havnå is the highest ranked Norwegian kickboxer of all time. He is the brother of former professional boxer Magne Havnå.

Egil_Offenberg

Egil Offenberg (8 March 1899 – 28 July 1975) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative party.
He was the chief executive officer at the Schou Brewery from 1932 to 1967. He was active in the Norwegian resistance movement and became part of its leadership in 1942. He was made Minister of Supplies and Reconstruction in Einar Gerhardsen's unity government in 1945 and served as president of Federation of Norwegian Industries.

Asbjørn_Wang

Asbjørn Wang (28 September 1899 – 16 January 1966) was a Norwegian sport swimmer.He was born in Kristiania. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics, where he reached the semifinals in 100 metre backstroke. He placed fourth in his heat in the semifinal, but did not qualify for the final.

Anne_Jøtun

Anne Jøtun (born 20 May 1955; married as Anne Bakke, later divorced and took her maiden name back) is a Norwegian curler and world champion. She participated on the silver team at the demonstration event at the 1992 Winter Olympics. She was born in Oslo, Norway and is currently living in Jar.

Torkjell_Berulfsen

Torkjell Berulfsen (born 20 January 1943) is a Norwegian television personality.
He is the son of the linguist Bjarne Berulfsen. He took his education at the University of Oslo, graduating in the English language. He worked at the University College London from 1967 to 1968, and was later an editor of a Norwegian-English dictionary. He started working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1971, and has presented many television and radio shows. He won Gullruten awards in 2002 and 2007.