Editing Lillesand (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Hamsun bldsa HA0341.jpg|130px|thumb|Knut Hamsun, 1939]]
[[File:Jorunn Lossius på Sentralbanksjefens årstale 2018 (190949).jpg|130px|thumb|Jorunn Lossius, 2018]]
* [[Christian Jensen Lofthuus]] (1750-1797), the owner of Lofthus farm and leader of the peasant revolt ''Lofthusreisingen'' which was commemorated with a monument at the harbour in Lillesand
* [[Mads Langaard]] (1815 in Lillesand – 1891), a brewery owner who founded ''Frydenlunds bryggeri'', now a division of [[Ringnes]]
* [[N. O. Nelson]] (1844 in Lillesand – 1922), the founder of N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], and founder of the village of [[LeClaire Historic District|LeClaire]] as a model company town
* [[Knut Hamsun]] (1859–1952), a writer and winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] bought [[Nørholm]], a [[Dilapidation|dilapidated]] [[manor house]] between Lillesand and [[Grimstad]] where he lived and worked
* [[Gabriel Scott]] (1874-1958), a poet, novelist, playwright, and children's writer who was brought up in [[Høvåg]]
* [[Mathis Mathisen]] (born 1937 in Lillesand), a teacher, novelist, playwright, and children's writer
* [[Liv Stoveland]] (born 1965 in Lillesand), a soprano and singing teacher
* [[Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius]] (born 1980), a politician and deputy Mayor of Lillesand
* [[Jan Trygve Røyneland]] (born 1981 in Lillesand), a TV and film writer<ref>{{IMDb name|4153140|Jan Trygve Røyneland}}. Retrieved 01 January 2021.</ref>
* [[Sophie's World]] (written in 1991), a book by writer [[Jostein Gaarder]] about ''Sophie Amundsen'', a 14-year-old girl who lives in Lillesand
* [[Heroes & Zeros]] (formed in 2003), a rock band from Lillesand whose lead singer is [[Hans Jørgen Undelstvedt]]