Editing Arendal (section)

==Notable people==
{{main category|People from Arendal}}
[[File:Lilly Bølviken.jpg|135px|thumb|Lilly Bølviken, 1971]]
[[File:Hege Storhaug 2017.jpg|135px|thumb|Hege Storhaug, 2017]]

=== Public service and public thinking ===
* [[Jens Munk]] (1579–1628), a Dano-Norwegian navigator and explorer who searched for the [[Northwest Passage]] to India
* [[Andreas Frederik Krieger]] (1817–1893), a politician, government minister, and supreme court judge
* [[Anton Christian Houen]] (1823–1894), a teacher, philanthropist, and businessman
* [[Yngvar Nielsen]] (1843–1916), a historian, politician, and geographer
* [[Sam Eyde]] (1866–1940), an engineer and industrialist who founded [[Norsk Hydro]]
* [[Magnus Olsen]] (1878–1963), a philologist who specialized in [[Scandinavian studies|Old Norse studies]]
* [[Lucy Pedersen]], a climate change activist 
* [[Alf Dannevig]] (1886–1960), a marine biologist and mayor of [[Hisøy]] from 1948 to 1960
* [[Sigrid Stray]] (1893–1978), a barrister and proponent of women's rights
* [[Sigurd Anderson]] (1904–1990), the 19th [[List of governors of South Dakota|Governor of South Dakota]] (1951 to 1955)
* [[Ebba Lodden]] (1913–1997), a civil servant and politician who was the first female [[County governor (Norway)|county governor in Norway]] 
* [[Lilly Bølviken]] (1914–2011), a judge, women's rights advocate, and first woman [[Supreme Court of Norway|Norwegian Supreme Court Justice]] from 1968 to 1984
* [[Aksel Lydersen]] (1919–1995), an engineer and professor of [[chemical engineering]]
* [[Svenn Stray]] (1922–2012), a politician who served twice as [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)|Foreign Minister of Norway]]
* [[Magnhild Lien]] (born ca.1955), a mathematician specializing in [[knot theory]] 
* [[Grete Faremo]] (born 1955), a politician, lawyer, and business leader
* [[Hege Storhaug]] (born 1962), a political and human rights activist, journalist, and author

=== Arts ===
[[File:Karl Ove Knausgård.jpg|135px|thumb|Karl Ove Knausgård, 2011]]
* [[Ole Nilsen Weierholt]] (1718–1792), a wood carver and pattern maker for [[ironworks]]
* [[Sophie Dedekam]] (1820–1894), a composer and diarist
* [[Louis Moe]] (1857–1945), a painter, illustrator, and writer
* [[Tillie Baldwin]] (1888–1958), an American [[rodeo]] contestant and performer in [[Wild West shows]]
* [[Trygve Thorsen]] (1892–1965), a sculptor of busts and reliefs
* [[Bård Torstensen]] (born 1961), a guitarist for [[rap metal]] band [[Clawfinger]]
* [[Karl Ove Knausgård]] (born 1968), a writer who was raised on [[Tromøya]] in Arendal
* [[Finn Iunker]] (born 1969), a playwright
* [[Kristin Danielsen (dancer)|Kristin Danielsen]] (born 1972), a dancer, choreographer, and cultural administrator
* [[Øyvind Sauvik]] (born 1976), a hip hop musician

=== Sport ===
[[File:Marte Olsbu 2016.jpg|135px|thumb|Marte Olsbu, 2016]]
* [[Dan Evensen]] (born 1974), a [[mixed martial arts]] fighter
* [[Monica Knudsen]] (born 1975), a former footballer with 87 caps with [[Norway women's national football team|Norway women]] and team gold medallist at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[Øystein Grødum]] (born 1977), a speedskater who competed in the [[2006 Winter Olympics]]
* Sisters [[Annette Bjelkevik]] (born 1978) and [[Hedvig Bjelkevik]] (born 1981), speed skaters who competed at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]]
* Twins [[Roger Risholt]] and [[Kai Risholt]] (born 1979), retired footballers 
* [[Marit Fiane Christensen]] (born 1980), a footballer with 86 caps with the [[Norway women's national football team|Norwegian women's national football team]] 
* [[Glenn Andersen]] (born 1980), a retired footballer with 437 club caps
* [[Jan Gunnar Solli]] (born 1981), a footballer with 350 club caps and 40 for the [[Norway national football team|Norwegian men's national football team]]
* [[Håvard Vad Petersson]] (born 1984), a curler who was a team silver medallist at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Marte Olsbu Røiseland]] (born 1990), a biathlete and silver medallist at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]]