Editing Risør (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Knut henning thygesen.jpg|100px|thumb|Knut Henning Thygesen, 2008]]
[[File:Myggen 2017.jpg|100px|thumb|Erik Mykland, 2017]]
{{main category|People from Risør}}
* [[Isak Lauritssøn Falck]] (1601–1669), a land-owner and timber merchant who developed the growing town of Risør<ref>{{Cite web |title=Isach Lauritzen Falch og Dorthe Engvoldsdatter |url=http://www.eidangerslekt.org/brevik-slekt/brevik-til-1701/isach-falch-1601.htm |access-date=10 July 2016 |publisher=eidangerslekt.org}}</ref>
* [[Christian Jensen Lofthuus]] (1750-1797), a peasant who led a revolt in 1786 called ''Lofthusreisingen''
* [[Henrik Carstensen]] (1753–1835), a timber merchant, shipowner, rep. [[Norwegian Constituent Assembly]]
* [[Carsten Henrik Bruun]] (1828–1907), a shipmaster of whaling vessels, also involved in [[Seal hunting|sealing]] 
* [[Nikolai Prebensen]] (1850–1938), a politician and [[List of County Governors of Finnmark|County Governor of Finnmark]] & [[List of County Governors of Aust-Agder|Aust-Agder]]
* [[Dikken Zwilgmeyer]] (1853–1913), a fiction writer of children's literature
* [[Isak Martinius Skaugen]] (1875–1962), a sea captain who founded ''[[I. M. Skaugen]]'' a shipping co.
* [[Ove Ansteinsson]] (1884–1942), a journalist and author
* [[Per Sunderland]] (1924–2012), a stage and film actor<ref>{{IMDb name|0839149|Per Sunderland}}. Retrieved 14 January 2021.</ref>
* [[Victor D. Norman]] (born 1946), a politician & professor of economy and rector at [[Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration|NHH]] 
* [[Carl Magnus Neumann]] (born 1944), a jazz saxophonist who lived in Risør starting in 2000
* [[Knut Henning Thygesen]] (born 1953), an author, politician, and mayor of Risør in 2007 
* [[Erik Mykland]] (born 1971), a [[Association football|footballer]] with 371 club caps and 78 for [[Norway national football team|Norway]]