Norwegian School of Economics alumni

Per Gulowsen (28 January 1920 – 4 February 1994) was a Norwegian diplomat.
He graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics in 1943, and spent the rest of the war years in Sweden and the United Kingdom. He was hired in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1945. He was an attaché at the Norwegian embassy in the Soviet Union for two years, then an embassy secretary in France and legation secretary in West Germany before returning to Norway to serve as an assistant secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was an embassy counsellor in the Soviet Union, then from 1962 a press attaché in Sweden, chargé d'affaires in and embassy manager in Greece from 1967 to 1972 and sub-director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1972 to 1977.From 1977 he was Norway's ambassador to India, also with ambassador tasks in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. His last posting was as Norway's ambassador to Turkey, until his retirement.

Thomas Havnegjerde (born 13 February 1962) is a Norwegian businessperson and since 2002 CEO of Flytoget.

Øivin Skappel Fjeldstad (born 6 February 1936) is a Norwegian banker and politician for the Conservative Party.

Jon "Jo" Nesbø (Norwegian: [ˈjuː ˈnɛ̀sbøː]; born 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian writer, musician, and former football player and reporter. More than 3 million copies of his novels had been sold in Norway as of March 2014, and he had sold over 50 million copies worldwide by 2021, making him the most successful Norwegian author of all time. His work has been translated into more than 50 languages.
Known primarily for his crime novels featuring Inspector Harry Hole, Nesbø is also the main vocalist and songwriter for the Norwegian rock band Di Derre. In 2007 he released his first children's book, Doktor Proktors Prompepulver (English translation: Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder). The 2011 film Headhunters is based on Nesbø's novel Hodejegerne (The Headhunters).

Knut Vollebæk (born 11 February 1946 in Oslo) is a former Norwegian diplomat to the United States, (2001–2007, and centrist politician (Norwegian Christian Democratic Party)). He is currently a member of the International Commission on Missing Persons Board of Commissioners and heads a government commission investigating the situation of Norwegian Travellers.