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Oslo (nor)

Norway

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Oslo ranks 41st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Athens, Warsaw, and Detroit. Memorable people born in Oslo include Fridtjof Nansen, Queen Sonja of Norway, and Trygve Lie. Memorable people who died in Oslo include Edvard Munch, Henrik Ibsen, and Sigurd the Crusader. Oslo has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Oslo is located in Norway.

Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of 709,037 in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of 1,546,706 in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2006, Oslo was the birth place of 225 globally memorable people, including Fridtjof Nansen, Queen Sonja of Norway, and Trygve Lie. Additionaly, 136 globally memorable people have passed away in Oslo including Edvard Munch, Henrik Ibsen, and Sigurd the Crusader.

People Born in Oslo

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Oslo were soccer players (33), writers (26), politicians (22), athletes (22), and skiers (18),  while most who died were politicians (23), writers (18), painters (8), mathematicians (8), and athletes (8).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Oslo, including Joshua King, Dan Eggen, and Mix Diskerud. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Oslo, including Arne Brustad, Henry Johansen, and Joshua King.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Oslo since 1700.