Editing Porsgrunn (section)

==Notable people==
{{main category|People from Porsgrunn}}
[[File:Cort Adeler.jpg|140px|thumb|Cort Adeler]]
[[File:Severin Løvenskiold (by Berglien).jpg|140px|thumb|Severin Løvenskiold, 1854]]

=== Public service and public thinking ===
* [[Cort Adeler]] (1622–1675), a Norwegian/Danish [[admiral]] 
* [[Niels Aall]] (1769–1854), an estate owner, businessman and politician who built [[Niels Aall#Ulefos Manor|Ulefos Manor]]
* [[Severin Løvenskiold]] (1777–1856), a nobleman, politician, and Prime Minister of Norway 1828/1841
* [[Thobias Petter Wiibe]] (1815–1891), a politician and Mayor of Porsgrund in the 1850s 
* [[Niels Mathiesen]] (1829–1900), a politician, merchant, and Mayor of Porsgrund during the 1860s to 1880s
* [[Jørgen Christian Knudsen]] (1843–1922), a ship-owner and politician
* [[Johan Castberg]] (1862–1926), a [[politician]] and government minister during the 1900s & 1910s
* [[Carl P. Wright]] (1893–1961), a politician who was Mayor of Porsgrunn during the 1930s
* [[Erik Hesselberg]] (1914–1972), a sailor, author, painter, sculptor, and [[Kon-Tiki]] crewmember
* [[Einar Tufte-Johnsen]] (1915–1985), an aviation officer and head of [[NATO Defense College]] 
* [[Finn Kristensen]] (born 1936), an electrician, trade unionist, and government minister during the 1980s & 1990s
* [[Ann-Marit Sæbønes]] (born 1945), a physiotherapist and first female Mayor of Oslo during 1992-1995
* [[Mads Gilbert]] (born 1947), a physician, humanitarian, activist, and politician 
* [[Kristin Halvorsen]] (born 1960), the former leader of [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]] and a government minister
* [[Vibeke Hein Bæra]] (born 1964), a lawyer, defended [[Anders Behring Breivik]] at his [[Trial of Anders Behring Breivik|trial]]
* [[Robin Kåss]] (born 1977), a politician who was elected Mayor of Porsgrunn in 2015 & 2019
* [[Torbjørn Røe Isaksen]] (born 1978), the former leader of [[Norwegian Young Conservatives]] and the [[Ministry of Education and Research (Norway)|Minister of Education and Research]]
* brothers [[Kjetil Aleksander Lie]] (born 1980) & [[Espen Lie]] (born 1984), chess players

=== Business ===
* [[Hans Eleonardus Møller Sr.]] (1780–1860), a businessperson
* [[Jørgen Wright Cappelen]] (1805–1878), a bookseller and publisher who co-founded [[Cappelen Damm]]
* [[Johan Jeremiassen]] (1843–1889), an entrepreneur, ship-owner, consul, and politician who founded the porcelain flatware company [[Porsgrund Porselænsfabrik]]
* [[Petter Stordalen]] (born 1962), a billionaire businessman, [[Real estate development|real estate developer]], and [[hotel]] owner

=== The Arts ===
[[File:Halfdan Christensen.jpg|140px|thumb|Halfdan Christensen, ca.1940]]
* [[Halfdan Christensen]] (1873–1950), a stage actor and theatre director
* [[Tone Schwarzott]] (born 1941), an actress and poet<ref>{{IMDb name|0777526|Tone Schwarzott}}. Retrieved 31 January 2021.</ref>
* [[Yngvar Numme]] (born 1944), a singer, actor, revue writer, and director<ref>{{IMDb name|0637907|Yngvar Numme}}. Retrieved 31 January 2021.</ref>
* [[Bugge Wesseltoft]] (born 1964), a jazz musician, pianist, composer, and producer
* [[Stephen Ackles]] (born 1966), a vocalist, pianist, and songwriter
* [[Øyvind Torvund]] (born 1976), a composer
* [[Aleksander Walmann]] (born 1986), a singer for [[Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017]]
* [[Didrik Solli-Tangen]] (born 1987), a singer for [[Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010]]
* [[Emil Solli-Tangen]] (born 1990), a opera singer

=== Sport ===
[[File:2019-03-30 Fußball, Männer, 1. Bundesliga, RB Leipzig - Hertha BSC StP 3734 LR10 by Stepro (cropped).jpg|140px|thumb|Rune Jarstein, 2019]]
* [[Jørgen Juve]] (1906–1983), a football player, jurist, journalist, and non-fiction writer who was the highest scoring player for Norway with 33 goals in 45 games; captain of Norway, which won Olympic bronze medals in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Cathrine Roll-Matthiesen]] (born 1967), a former handball player and team silver medallist at the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] & [[1992 Summer Olympics]]
* sisters [[Anita Valen]] (born 1968) & [[Monica Valvik]] (born 1970), racing cyclists who won the [[Norwegian National Road Race Championships]] eleven times between them
* [[Ronny Deila]] (born 1975), a football manager who was head coach of [[New York City FC]] and former player with 352 club caps 
* [[Tony Capaldi]] (born 1981), a professional [[Association football|footballer]] with nearly 300 club caps
* [[Rune Jarstein]] (born 1984), a football goalkeeper with about 400 club caps and 69 for [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
* [[Espen Ruud]] (born 1984), a football defender with 430 club caps and 35 for [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
* [[Fredrik Nordkvelle]] (born 1985), a footballer with 360 club caps