ski jumper, won the first ski jumping silver medal at the 1924 Winter Olympics Godtfred Holmvang (1917 in Bærum – 2006) a decathlete and skier, later worked for the UN Knut Østby (1922–2010) Olympic silver medal sprint canoeist, grew up in Bærum Arne Bakker (1930 in Bærum – 2009) footballer with 54 caps for Norway and a bandy player Dordi Nordby (born 1964 in Bærum) a curler from Snarøya, with world and Euro. gold medals Ole Petter Pollen (born 1966) a sailor and Olympic silver medalist, lives in Stabekk Hans Petter Buraas (born 1975 in Bærum), Alpine skier, gold medallist, 1998 Winter Olympics Bjørn Einar Romøren (born 1981), ski jumper with 8 individual World Cup wins Henning Hauger (born 1985 in Bærum) a footballer with 350 club caps and 23 for Norway Caroline Westrup (born 1986) a Norwegian-Swedish professional golfer, brought up in Bærum Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 1987 in Lommedalen) alpine skier, 2 Olympic bronze medals Marius Thorp (born 1988 in Bærum) a Norwegian former professional golfer Andreas Martinsen (born 1990 in Bærum), ice hockey player Magnus Carlsen (born 1990) a Norwegian chess grandmaster and World Champion, brought up in Bærum Tiril Eckhoff (born 1990 in Bærum) an Olympic champion biathlete twins Sanna Solberg-Isaksen & Silje Solberg (born 1990 in Bærum) handball players Jørgen Skjelvik (born 1991 in Hosle) a footballer with 220 club caps and 8 for Norway Emilie Haavi (born 1992 in Bærum), footballer, 82 caps for Norway women Ståle Sandbech (born 1993 in Rykkinn) a silver medal snowboarder at 2014 Winter Olympics Sander Berge (born 1998 in Bærum) a footballer with 150 club caps and 24 for Norway Sondre Oddvoll Bøe (born 1998 in Bærum) a figure skater, Nordic and four-time Norwegian champion Casper Ruud (born 1998 in Snarøya) a professional tennis player and an ATP title winner Geir Selvik Malthe-Sørenssen (born 1965) a con artist and convicted felon, brought up in Bærum. Philip Manshaus (born 1998), perpetrator who committed the Bærum mosque shooting Hugo Vetlesen (born 2000) a footballer who currently plays for Bodø/Glimt Ayla Ågren (born 1993 in Bærum) a Norwegian-Swedish racing driver, currently residing in the United States International relations Twin towns – Sister cities The following cities are twinned with Bærum: – Frederiksberg, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark – Hafnarfjörður, Iceland – Hämeenlinna, Tavastia Proper, Finland – Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia – Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden Gallery Notes and references External links Municipality of Bærum