Editing Bø, Telemark (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Rye Olaf.jpg|140px|thumb|Rye Olaf, portrait from 1895]]
* [[Johan Henrik Rye]] (1787–1868), a military officer, jurist, and [[President of the Storting]]
* [[Jon Eriksson Helland]] (1790 in Bø – 1862), a Norwegian [[Hardanger fiddle]] maker 
* [[Olaf Rye]] (1791 in Bø – 1849), a Norwegian-Danish military officer
* [[Nils Nilsen Ronning]] (1870 in Bø – 1962), an American author, journalist, and editor
* [[Olav Gunnarsson Helland]] (1875 in Bø – 1946), a Norwegian [[Hardanger fiddle]] maker
* [[Neri Valen]] (1893 in Bø – 1954), a politician who was Mayor of Bø in 1922
* [[Halvor Vreim]] (1894 in Bø – 1966), an architect, saved old wooden buildings
* [[Olav Kielland]] (1901–1985 in Bø), a composer and conductor who lived in Bø from 1955
* [[Hallvard Eika]] (1920–1989), a politician who was Mayor of Bø from 1967–1970
* [[Halvor Kleppen]] (born 1947 in Bø), a media personality, theme park owner, and writer
* [[Geir Barvik]] (born 1958 in Bø), a civil servant who was the managing director of the [[Norwegian State Housing Bank]] until 2010
* [[Margunn Bjørnholt]] (born 1958 in Bø), a Norwegian sociologist, economist, and academic
* [[John-Arne Røttingen]] (born 1969 in Bø), a medical scientist who was CEO of the [[Research Council of Norway]]
* [[Varg Vikernes]] (born 1973), a musician, writer, and convicted murderer who lived in Bø after his release from prison
* [[Øyvind Storesund]] (born 1975 in Bø), a rock and jazz musician who plays the upright bass
* [[Håkon Anton Fagarås|Håkon Anton Fagerås]], (grew up in Bø), a sculptor
* [[:no:Webjørn S. Espeland|Webjørn S. Espeland, (Norwegian Wiki)]] (born 1979 in Bø), a radio personality

=== Sport ===
* [[Anders Haugen]] (1888 in Bø – 1984), an American ski jumper bronze medallist at the [[1924 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Hans Kleppen]] (1907 in Bø – 2009), a ski jumper who participated in the [[1928 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Runar Steinstad]] (born 1967 in Bø), a paralympian athlete and bronze medallist at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]]
* [[Elbasan Rashani]] (born 1993), a Kosovan professional footballer with over 200 club caps who grew up in Bø