Editing Dønna Municipality (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Anton Chr. Bang.jpg|150px|thumb|Anton Chr. Bang]]
* [[Gjeble Pederssøn]] (ca.1490 at Teigstad – 1557), a priest who was the first Lutheran bishop in Norway
* [[Petter Dass]] (ca.1647 – 1707), a Lutheran priest and poet; (birthplace disputed).<ref>{{cite EB9 |wstitle = Petter Dass |volume= VI | page=831 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Erasmus Zahl]] (1826 in Nordvika – 1900), a [[privileged trader]] and figure of the social hierarchy
* [[Anton Christian Bang]] (1840 on Dønna – 1913), a theologian, historian, politician, and Bishop of [[Diocese of Oslo|Oslo]] from 1896 to 1912
* [[:no:Fredrikke Tønder-Olsen|Fredrikke Tønder-Olsen, (Norwegian Wiki)]] (1856 on Dønna - 1931), a feminist pioneer
* [[Julius J. Olson]] (1875 on Dønna – 1955), a [[Minnesota Supreme Court]] justice
* [[Ole Edvart Rølvaag]] (1876 on Dønna – 1931), a Norwegian-American author
* [[Axel Coldevin]] (1900 on Dønna – 1992), a historian who wrote about trade and industry
* [[Steinar Bastesen]] (born 1945 on Dønna), a Norwegian politician, fisherman, and whaler
* [[Roy Jacobsen]] (born 1954), a novelist and short-story writer who lives periodically on Dønna
* [[Odd Eriksen]] (born 1955), a politician who stopped an Algerian hijacker; brought up on Dønna
* [[Jostein Pedersen]] (born 1959 in Dønna), a musical journalist, reporter, and TV commentator