1956 births

Anders_Heger

Anders Heger (born 10 July 1956) is a Norwegian publisher and writer, and is one of the six children of Wanda Hjort Heger and Bjørn Heger.
In 1982, Heger started Radio Nova, the first student radio in Norway. In 1985, he wrote a book about the juridical process against the Norwegian writer Agnar Mykle, and in 1999 wrote Et diktet liv, a biography about Agnar Mykle, which received the Brage Prize (comparable in Norway to a Pulitzer Prize). Heger's grandfather, Johan Bernhard Hjort, was Mykle's defense attorney.
Heger became director of the Norwegian publishing company Cappelen (owned by the Swedish mediahouse Bonnier) in 1991. Heger is described in the media as "the most powerful man in the bookpublishing industry in Norway".His interests include cross-country skiing.

Stein_Erik_Hagen

Stein Erik Hagen (born 22 July 1956) is a Norwegian businessman. He is chairman of Orkla, where he is a major shareholder, and holds large stakes in Steen & Strøm, Jernia and Komplett through his family company Canica. According to Forbes, Hagen is worth US$2.1 billion, making him the sixth richest person in Norway.

Øystein_Wiik

Øystein Wiik (born 7 July 1956) is a Norwegian actor, singer, songwriter and novelist. He was born in Oslo. He has worked for Den Nationale Scene, Oslo Nye Teater and Det Norske Teatret, and played leading roles in several musicals. Among his albums are Too many mornings from 1991 and Stage from 1993. He published the crime novel Dødelig applaus in 2010.He appeared in the 10th Anniversary of Les Misérables (Dream Cast) 1995.Øystein has also written the libretto to the Norwegian musical comedy «Optimist» based on songs of Jahn Teigen which opened at Chateau Neuf in Oslo on 12 September 2019.

Kjersti_Holmen

Kjersti Holmen (8 February 1956 – 26 September 2021) was a Norwegian actress.
She was born on Nøtterøy, and later moved to Alnabru, where she grew up with her parents and two sisters. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1980, and was employed at the National Theatre since 1981 – permanently since 1992. There she had roles such as "Eliza Doolittle" in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, the title role in Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and "Blanche" in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire.Holmen was also a well-known television and film actress, and had her break-through on the big screen in the 1985 film Orions belte. She won the Amanda – the main Norwegian film award – twice: in 1993 for her role in Telegrafisten, and in 2000 for the two films S.O.S. and Sophie's World. In television she was known from the Norwegian/Swedish collaboration "Röd snö" – aired the same year as Orions belte came out – as well as several other roles.Holmen lived with actor Sverre Anker Ousdal, and had two sons from a previous relationship with actor Reidar Sørensen.Holmen died at Økernhjemmet on 26 September 2021, after a long illness.

Jim_Galanes

James Barrett Galanes (born August 28, 1956, in Brattleboro, Vermont) is an American former Nordic combined and cross-country skier. He competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics, the 1980 Winter Olympics, and the 1984 Winter Olympics.Galanes finished 14th in the 30 km event at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo. His best World Cup finish was fifth in a 15 km event in the Soviet Union in 1984.

Chris_Andrews_(entrepreneur)

Chris Andrews (August 13, 1956 - June 13, 2012) was an entrepreneur who worked with digital media, electronic publishing, and the Internet. He was the first CD-ROM producer, launched the first CD-Recordable system which began the "user generated content" revolution. He developed technologies in other areas including live webcasting, use of audio and video on the internet, and intellectual property.Andrews was the author of "The Education of a CD-ROM Publisher - An Insiders History of Electronic Publishing."Andrews' story was featured in a profile on CBS' 60 Minutes. In 2001, he began to pursue the restitution of a building in Vienna, Austria that was taken from his family by the Nazis in World War II. This became a life-changing experience for him, making him an activist in particular in World War II restitution.
Chris also worked at Hewlett-Packard, NewsBank, Meridian Data, and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. He launched several companies including the webcast software company Livecast, the multimedia publishing company UniDisc, and VentureMakers LLC - an intellectual property development company.

Michèle_Chardonnet

Michèle Chardonnet (born 27 October 1956) is a French athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metre hurdles.
She competed for France in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles in the 100 metre hurdles where she won the bronze medal jointly with Kim Turner.