Editing Sogndal (section)

=== Public thinking & public service ===
[[File:Harald Ulrik Sverdrup.jpg|140px|thumb|Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, 1934]]
* [[Melchior Falch]] (1720 in Sogndal – 1791), a jurist, magistrate, and fisheries promoter
* [[Niels Johannesen Loftesnæs]] (1789 in Sogndal – 1848), a farmer, soldier, and representative at the [[Norwegian Constitutional Assembly]]
* [[Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder]] (1817 in Sogndal - 1882), a missionary with the [[Zulu Kingdom]]
* [[Jens Andreas Friis]] (1821 in Sogndal – 1896), a philologist, lexicographer, university professor, and prominent linguist in the languages spoken by the Sami people
* [[Andreas Leigh Aabel]] (1830 in Sogndal – 1901), a Norwegian physician and poet
* [[Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer)|Harald Sverdrup]] (1888 in Sogndal – 1957), an oceanographer and meteorologist and director of the [[Norwegian Polar Institute]]
* [[Liv Signe Navarsete]] (born 1958 in Sogndal), a tempestuous politician, party leader, and minister