Editing Halden (section)

==Notable residents==
[[File:Huitfeldt Ivar.jpg|140px|thumb|Ivar Huitfeldt]]
[[File:Peter Anker.jpg|140px|thumb|Peter Anker, 1814]]
[[File:Alf Larsen Whist (1940).jpg|140px|thumb|Alf Larsen Whist, 1940]]

=== Public Service & public thinking ===
* [[Ivar Huitfeldt]] (1665 in Halden – 1710) naval commander in the [[Dano-Norwegian]] fleet
* [[Ove Gjerløw Meyer]] (ca.1742 in Fredrikshald – 1790) jurist, founded the [[Norwegian Society]]
* [[Peter Anker]] (1744 in Fredrikshald – 1832) a diplomat, military officer and colonial general
* [[Hans Jacob Arnold Jensen]] (1777 - 1853 in Fredrikshald) a military officer and politician
* [[Carl von und zu Mansbach]] (1790 in Halden – 1867) Hessian-Norwegian army officer & diplomat 
* [[Nils Otto Tank]] (1800 near Halden – 1864) a [[Moravian Church]] religious leader in Wisconsin
* [[Christian Heinrich Grosch]] (1801–1865) an architect, lived in Fredrikshald from 1811
* [[Christian August Selmer]] (1816 in Fredrikshald – 1889) a Norwegian lawyer and a magistrate; [[Prime Minister of Norway]] 1880 to 1884
* [[Carl Frederik Fearnley]] (1818 in Fredrikshald - 1890) a Norwegian astronomer
* [[Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug]] (1822 in Idd – 1909) legal scholar, historian and social economist
* [[Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow]] (1832–1918) mathematician, headmaster in Halden 1858 to 1898 
* [[Herman Anker]] (1839 at Rød Manor – 1896) a Norwegian school teacher and educationalist
* [[Christian August Anker]] (1840 in Halden – 1912) developed mining and wood-processing
* [[Ragnvald Bødtker]] (1859–1946) an engineer, director of log driving in Halden for 42 years
* [[Jens Andersen (businessman)|Jens Andersen]] (1866 in Idd – 1937) a shoemaker and shoe factory owner
* [[Andreas Tostrup Urbye]] (1869 in Fredrikshald – 1955) a civil servant, lawyer and politician 
* [[Theodor Haagaas]] (1873 in Tistedalen – 1961) a mathematician and private school owner
* [[Birger Braadland]] (1879 in Idd – 1966) a politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)|foreign minister]] 1931 to 1933
* [[Alf Whist]] (1880 in Fredrikshald – 1962) a Norwegian politician for [[Nasjonal Samling]]
* [[Carl Frølich Hanssen]] (1883 in Halden – 1960) head of the Norwegian Nazi Labour Service
* [[Niels Larsen Bruun]] (1893 in Fredrikshald – 1970) an officer in the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]]
* [[Eva Kolstad]] (1918 in Halden – 1999) politician and strong promoter of gender equality
* [[Rolf B. Wegner]] (born 1940) a lawyer and former chief of police, grew up in Halden
* [[Christen Ager-Hanssen]] (born 1962 in Halden) an internet entrepreneur & venture capitalist
* [[Håkon Wium Lie]] (born 1965 in Halden) a Norwegian web pioneer and standards activist
[[File:71775 Egil Hjorth-Jensen.jpg|140px|thumb|Egil Hjorth-Jensen, 1950]]

=== The Arts ===
* [[Thomas Fearnley]] (1802 in Fredrikshald – 1842) a Norwegian romantic painter
* [[Jacob Calmeyer]] (1802 in Fredrikshald – 1883) a Norwegian painter 
* [[Annette Abigael Hamilton]] (1806 in Fredrikshald - 1879) a fairy-tale collector and author
* [[Henriette Wienecke]] (1819 in Fredrikshald -1907), a composer
* [[Alvilde Prydz]] (1846 near Fredrikshald – 1922) a Norwegian novelist
* [[Oscar Borg]] (1851 in Halden – 1930) composer of marches for wind bands and conductor
* [[Gustav Fredrik Lange]] (1861 in Halden – 1939) a violinist, violin teacher and composer
* [[Karl Ouren]] (1882 in Halden – 1943) an American artist of landscapes with winter and snow
* [[Sven Elvestad]] (1884 in Fredrikshald – 1934) a Norwegian journalist and author of crime novels
* [[Mon Schjelderup]] (1870 in Fredrikshald – 1934) a Norwegian composer and pianist
* [[Egil Hjorth-Jenssen]] (1893 in Fredrikshald – 1969) actor, theatre director and playwright<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387127/  IMDb Database] retrieved 20 January 2021</ref>
* [[Pehr Qværnstrøm]] (1878 in Halden – 1949) an actor, film director and scriptwriter<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704587/  IMDb Database] retrieved 20 January 2021</ref>
* [[Gunnar Olram]] (1908 in Halden – 2001) a Norwegian actor and stage instructor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647555/  IMDb Database] retrieved 20 January 2021</ref>
* [[Henning Kvitnes]] (born 1958 in Tistedalen) Singer/songwriter (Rock/roots)
* [[Knut Nærum]] (born 1961 in Halden) comedian, author, comics writer and TV-entertainer
* [[Harald Rønneberg]] (born 1973 in Halden) a Norwegian television personality

=== Sport ===
* [[Andreas Hagelund]] (1881 in Fredrikshald – 1967) a gymnast, team gold medallist at the [[1906 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[Erik Anker]] (1903 in Berg – 1994) a sailor, Olympic team gold medallist and businessperson.
* [[Johan Anker]] (1871 at Refne in Berg – 1940) a Norwegian sailor and yacht designer, competed in three Summer Olympics
* [[Thor Martinsen]] (born 1945 in Halden) an ice hockey player, competed in 4 Summer Olympics
* [[Svein Grøndalen]] (born 1955 in Halden) a former footballer with 77 caps for [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
* [[Jørgen Strand Larsen]] (born 2000 in Halden) a footballer who currently plays for [[RC Celta de Vigo]]
* [[Ole Michael Holth]] (born 1988 in Halden) a would-be professional footballer if it wasn't for his knee injury. Currently plays for [[Trainor Elsikkerhet AS]]