Editing Sortland Municipality (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:IngridS.jpg|120px|thumb|Ingrid Skjoldvær, 2016]]
* [[Knut Hamsun]] (1859–1952), the Nobel Prize–winning author wrote his novel ''Den Sidste Glæde'' (The Last Joy) in Sortland Hotel in 1911/12
* [[Petter Carl Reinsnes]] (1904 in Reinsnes – 1976), a politician and long-time Mayor of Sortland
* [[Hill-Marta Solberg]] (born 1951 in Sortland), a politician and [[County Governor of Nordland]]  
* [[Lars Saabye Christensen]] (born 1953,) a Norwegian/Danish author who lived in Sortland
* [[Olav Christopher Jenssen]] (born 1954 in Sortland), an artist and academic
* [[Oddmund Finnseth]] (born 1957 in Sortland), a jazz musician, composer and music teacher
* [[Sivert Høyem]]  (born 1976 in Kleiva), a singer with the rock band [[Madrugada (band)|Madrugada]]
* [[Krister Wemberg]] (born 1992 in Sortland), a footballer with over 200 club caps
* [[Ingrid Skjoldvær]] (born 1993), an environmentalist with [[Nature and Youth]]