Editing Tinn (section)

=== Other public Service ===
* [[Sam Eyde]] (1866–1940), an engineer and industrialist who developed [[Rjukan Falls]] to produce hydro electrical power
* [[Albert Sund]] (1884–?), a trade union leader, [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour]] politician, and chairman of the ''Øst-Telemark faglige Samorg'' for three years
* [[Knut Haugland]] DSO, MM, (1917 in Rjukan – 2009), a WWII resistance fighter and explorer who accompanied [[Thor Heyerdahl]] on his famous 1947 [[Kon-Tiki]] expedition
* [[Einar-Fredrik Ofstad]] (1916 in Rjukan – 1998), a Norwegian diplomat
* [[Gunnar Sønsteby]] DSO (1918 in Rjukan – 2012), a member of the [[Norwegian resistance]] movement and Norway's most highly decorated citizen
* [[Petter Graver]] (1920 in Tinn – 1995), a jurist, diplomat from 1947 to 1988, and a lawyer
* [[Gunnar Odd Hagen]] (1921–1997), a politician and a dentist in Tinn
* [[Reidun Røed]] (1921 in Rjukan – 2009), a female [[Norwegian resistance]] member
* [[Bjørn Bruland]] (1926 in Rjukan – 2014), a Norwegian admiral and politician
* [[Reidar Engell Olsen]] (born 1933), a politician and Mayor of Tinn
* [[Jostein Børtnes]] (born 1937 in Hovin, Telemark), a literary historian and [[Slavic studies|Slavist]]
* [[Signe Howell]] (born 1942 in Tinn), a [[social anthropologist]] and academic
* [[Bernt Ivar Eidsvig]] (born 1953 in Rjukan), a prelate of the Catholic Church and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo|Bishop of Oslo]]
* [[Øystein Mæland]] (born 1960 in Rjukan), a psychiatrist, civil servant, and former politician
[[File:Linnea Dale 2.jpg|140px|thumb|Linnea Dale, 2009]]