Editing Kirkenes (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Per Oskar Kjølaas.jpg|140px|thumb|Per Oskar Kjølaas, 2006]]
[[File:Roger Ryberg.jpg|140px|thumb|Roger Ryberg, 2009]]
* [[Turid Balke]] (1921–2000), an actress, playwright, and artist<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Turid Balke |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |url=https://snl.no/Turid_Balke |date=8 February 2021 |orig-date=14 February 2009 |editor-last=Larsen |editor-first=Svend Erik Løken |language=Norwegian Bokmål}}</ref>
* [[Arnfinn Laudal]] (born 1936), a mathematician
* [[Per Oskar Kjølaas]] (born 1948), the Bishop of the [[Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland]] from 2002 to 2014
* [[Roger Ryberg]] (born 1952), a Norwegian politician
* [[Morten Strøksnes]] (born 1965), a journalist and non-fiction writer
* [[Jarle Vespestad]] (born 1966), a jazz musician 
* [[Simen Johan]] (born 1973), a Norwegian-Swedish contemporary artist, photographer, and sculptor living in New York City
* [[Yvonne Wartiainen]] (born 1976), a painter who mixed figurative shapes with abstract motives
* [[Ørjan Nilsen]] (born 1982), a producer and DJ
;Sport
* [[Grethe Mathiesen]] (born 1956), a swimmer who competed at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in the women's 100-metre freestyle
* [[Kirsten Borgen]] (born 1957), a sport wrestler
* [[Vegard Ulvang]] (born 1963), a cross-country skier who won three Olympic gold medals, two silver, and one bronze
* [[Vegard Sannes]] (born 1976), a retired football midfielder with 125 club caps with [[FK Bodø/Glimt]]
* [[John Kristian Dahl]] (born 1981), a three-time [[Vasaloppet]] winner