Editing Lyngdal (section)

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[[File:Ingvild Stensland.jpg|140px|thumb|Ingvild Stensland, 2012]]
* [[Teis Lundegaard]] (1774 in Austad – 1856), a Norwegian farmer, shipowner, and politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teis Lundegaard |url=http://snl.no/Teis_Lundegaard |access-date=February 24, 2014 |publisher=Norwegian Encyclopedia AS}}</ref>
* [[Abraham Berge]] (1851 in Lyngdal – 1936), a politician who was [[Prime Minister of Norway]] from 1923 to 1924<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abraham Berge |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Abraham_Berge |access-date=February 24, 2014 |publisher=Norwegian Encyclopedia AS}}</ref>
* [[Kristian Andvord]] (1855 in Lyngdal – 1934), a physician and medical researcher into [[tuberculosis]]
* [[Theodore Abrahamson]] (1900 in Lyngdal - 1978), a dairy farmer and politician; Mayor of [[Tigerton, Wisconsin]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Legislative Reference Bureau |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=27cGAQAAIAAJ&q=Theodore+Abrahamson+wi&pg=PA61 |title=The Wisconsin Blue Book |date=1962 |publisher=Legislative Reference Bureau |page=61}}</ref>
* [[Kjell Elvis]] (born 1968), a Norwegian professional [[Elvis Presley]] impersonator, lives in Lyngdal<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kjell Elvis burner for children from Burma |url=http://www.lyngdalsavis.no/gammel/nyheter/2661/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305142446/http://www.lyngdalsavis.no/gammel/nyheter/2661/ |archive-date=March 5, 2014 |access-date=February 24, 2014 |publisher=Lyngdals Avis}}</ref>

=== Sport ===
* [[Ingvild Stensland]] (born 1981), a footballer, 144 caps for [[Norway women's national football team|Norway women]], grew up in Lyngdal<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ingvild Stensland |url=http://snl.no/Ingvild_Stensland |access-date=February 24, 2014 |publisher=Norwegian Encyclopedia AS}}</ref>
* [[Stefan Strandberg]] (born 1990 in Lyngdal), a footballer with 230 club caps and 12 for [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
* [[Zlatko Tripić]] (born 1992), a Norwegian-Bosnian footballer with over 200 club caps, grew up in Lyngdal
*[[Julian Ryerson]] (born 1997), a Norwegian-American footballer playing for [[Borussia Dortmund]] in Germany, born in Lyngdal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2023 |title=Julian Ryerson: Who is Borussia Dortmund's new full-back? |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/julian-ryerson-who-is-borussia-dortmund-full-back-union-berlin-norway-10697 |website=bunesliga.com}}</ref>