Norway

Norwegian novelist and Nobel laureate whose work spanned over 70 years, recognized for his psychological depth and varied narrative perspectives

Norwegian composer and pianist known for bringing Norwegian folk music to international fame and developing a national identity through his Romantic compositions

Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the general quintic equation and innovated in elliptic and Abelian functions

King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991, renowned for his long and stable reign

Norwegian polar explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with refugees and prisoners of war

Norwegian economist who coined 'econometrics,' 'microeconomics,' and 'macroeconomics,' and shared the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for developing dynamic economic models

Norwegian playwright and theatre director, celebrated as the father of modern drama and one of the world's most frequently performed dramatists

Norwegian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as the first Secretary-General of the United Nations

Norwegian linguist, poet, and philologist who created Nynorsk, one of Norway's official written languages

King of Norway for nearly 52 years, from 1905 until his death in 1957

King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718 and a renowned military leader who was sometimes referred to as the fifth and last emperor of Sweden