Editing Sarpsborg (section)

=== Public service ===
* [[Zacharias Mellebye]] (1781 in Skjeberg – 1854) farmer, military officer and rep. at the [[Norwegian Constituent Assembly]]
* [[Roald Dahl#Childhood|Harald Dahl]] (1863–1920), father of the British writer [[Roald Dahl]] came from Sarpsborg
* [[Roald Amundsen]] (1872-1928) explorer, first person to reach the South Pole, came from [[Borge, Østfold|Borge]] 
* [[Oscar Torp]] (1893 in Skjeberg – 1958) former [[List of heads of government of Norway|Prime Minister of Norway]], 1951-1955
* [[Carl Fredrik Wisløff]] (1908–2004) theologian and Christian preacher, grew up in Sarpsborg
* [[Øistein Strømnæs]] (1914 in Sarpsborg – 1980) head of [[XU]], the WWII intelligence organization
* [[Torbjørn Sikkeland]] (1923 in Varteig – 2014) chemist, nuclear physicist and radiation biophysicist
* [[Thorvald Gressum]] (1932–2008) a politician and Mayor of Sarpsborg 1984 to 1995
* [[Kai Eide]] (born 1949 in Sarpsborg) a diplomat and writer; roles with the [[United Nations]]
* [[Erik Varden]] (born 1974), a Roman Catholic spiritual writer and [[Bishop-Prelate]] of [[Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Trondheim|Trondheim]]