Mayor of Trondheim Peter Tordenskiold (1691–1720) a Dano-Norwegian nobleman and flag officer Hilchen Sommerschild (1756–1831) pioneer educator Frederik Due (1796–1873) Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm, 1841–1858 Johan Thoning Owesen (1804–1881), shipowner, landowner and philanthropist Hans Gerhard Colbjørnsen Meldahl (1815–1877) politician and sixth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway, 1874–1877 John Gunder North (1826–1872) ship builder in San Francisco Fritz Jenssen (1886–1966) banker and politician for Nasjonal Samling Bernt Ingvaldsen (1902–1985) politician, President of the Storting 1965–1972 David Abrahamsen (1903–2002) forensic psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and author in the USA John Lyng (1905–1978) a politician, briefly Prime Minister of Norway in 1963 Anne Margrethe Strømsheim (1914–2008) nurse and Norwegian resistance member Henry Thingstad (1916-1942) sports official, communist politician, and Norwegian resistance member Henrik Rogstad (1916–1945) a politician with Nasjonal Samling Cissi Klein (1929–1943 in Auschwitz) a Jewish girl, victim of the Holocaust Kaare Langlete (1931–2009) military officer and Lord Chamberlain Idun Reiten (born 1942) mathematician Per Arne Watle (born 1948) politician and CEO of Widerøe 1997–2008 Erik Varden (born 1974) RC Bishop of Trondheim The Arts Carl Lorck (1829–1882) a Norwegian painter Knut Glomsaas (1863–1935) a military musician Tupsy Clement (1871–1959) a Skagen painter of landscapes Emmy Worm-Müller (1875–1950) silent film actress Arne Eggen (1881–1955) a classical composer and organist Bjarne Amdahl (1903–1968) pianist, composer and orchestra conductor Erling Viksjø (1910–1971) architect, exponent of architectural modernism Agnar Mykle (1915–1994) author, controversial figure in Norwegian literature Arve Tellefsen (born 1936) classical violinist Liv Ullman (born 1938) actress and director Jan Erik Kongshaug (1944–2019) sound engineer, jazz guitarist and composer Sidsel Endresen (born 1952) singer, composer and actress Trond Halstein Moe (born 1954), operatic baritone Brit Dyrnes (born 1955), ceramist Geir Lysne (born 1965) a jazz musician and Big Band leader Øystein Baadsvik (born 1966) tuba soloist and chamber musician Merethe Trøan (born 1970) singer at the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest Elise Båtnes (born 1971) violinist, leader of the Oslo Philharmonic orchestra since 2006 Ingrid Lorentzen (born 1972) ballet dancer, artistic director of the Norwegian National Ballet Thomas Bergersen (born 1980) composer and multi-instrumentalist Sports Nils Uhlin Hansen (1919–1945) long jumper and Norwegian resistance member in WWII. Hjalmar Andersen (1923–2013) speed skater, triple gold medalist at the 1952 Winter Olympics Arnfinn Bergmann (1928–2011) ski jumper, gold medallist at the 1952 Winter Olympics Odd Iversen (1945–2014) a footballer with 282 club caps and 45 for Norway Jan Egil Storholt (born 1949) speed skater, gold