WØyvind Anker was a Norwegian librarian.
WWenche Blomberg is a Norwegian author. She has worked as a journalist, librarian, criminologist and government scholar.
WPaul Botten-Hansen was a Norwegian librarian, book collector, magazine editor and literary critic.
WFredrikke Johanne "Rikka" Bjølgerud Deinboll was a Norwegian librarian and translator. She is known for her work in developing school libraries in Oslo, and for creating the Norwegian name Ole Brumm for the character Winnie-the-Pooh when she produced the first Norwegian translation of the book Winnie-the-Pooh in 1932, six years after it was published in English.
WAxel Charlot Drolsum was a Norwegian librarian, who headed the University Library of Oslo from 1876 to 1922.
WElse Granheim was a Norwegian librarian and civil servant.
WEinar Musæus Høigård was a Norwegian educator and civil resistance member. He was born Stavanger, the son of Jonas Bernhard Høigård and Caroline Hansine Musæus. Among his works is a dissertation on Henrik Anker Bjerregaard from 1934 and a monography on the history of Oslo Cathedral School from 1942. During the German occupation of Norway he played a central role in the teachers' resistance against Nazification of schools and youth organizations. He was arrested in 1943 during an escape attempt to Sweden, tortured by the Gestapo and committed suicide during interrogation.
WStig Holmås is a Norwegian librarian, poet, novelist and children's writer. He was born in Bergen. He made his literary debut in the 1969 anthology Åtte fra Bergen. Among his poetry collections are Vi er mange from 1970 and Tenke på i morgen from 1972. Among his novels are O.K. Corral from 1991 and Regn from 2008. He has written two Indian book series for children.
WWollert Otto Hallvard Konow Keilhau was a Norwegian librarian and encyclopedist.
WArne Kildal was a Norwegian author, librarian and civil servant.
WKristian Brinch Koren was a Norwegian historian and archivist. He was appointed national archivist of Norway in 1912, serving from 1913 to 1933.
WDitmar Meidell is a Norwegian magazine and newspaper editor.
WAbraham Wilhelm Støren Munthe was a Norwegian librarian and author. He worked at the University Library of Oslo from 1903 to 1953.
WHaakon Nyhuus was a Norwegian librarian and encyclopedist.
WReidar Omang was a Norwegian historian, librarian and archivist.
WHjalmar Marius Pettersen was a Norwegian librarian and bibliographer, best known for editing the Bibliotheca Norvegica, a bibliography of Norwegian literature. Born in the country's capital to a family of means, he became early a voracious reader, eventually embarking on a philological career. After longer stays in Paris, a city he adored, he sought a post at the University Library of Oslo, becoming employed as its lecturer in 1887.
WPer Petterson is a Norwegian novelist. His debut book was Aske i munnen, sand i skoa (1987), a collection of short stories. He has since published a number of novels to good reviews. To Siberia (1996), set in the Second World War, was published in English in 1998 and nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize. I kjølvannet, translated as In the Wake (2002), is a young man's story of losing his family in the Scandinavian Star ferry disaster in 1990 ; it won the Brage Prize for 2000. His 2008 novel Jeg forbanner tidens elv won The Nordic Council's Literature Prize for 2009, with an English translation published in 2010.
WJacob Rosted was a Norwegian educator, editor, and librarian.
WVigdis Moe Skarstein is a Norwegian librarian. She was born in Levanger.
WGeorg Sverdrup was a Norwegian statesman, best known as one of the presidents of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in Eidsvoll in 1814. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and was also responsible for the development of the first Norwegian university library.
WJohanne Giæver Tenfjord was a Norwegian librarian, educator, children's writer and translator.
WHarald Ludvig Tveterås was a Norwegian librarian and author.