Editing Larvik (section)

=== Public Service & public thinking ===
* [[Jens Schou Fabricius]] (1758–1841), a [[Vice-admiral]] and Norwegian Minister of the Navy from 1817–1818
* [[Friderich Adolph Schleppegrell|Friderich Adolph von Schleppegrell]] (1792–1850), a Dano-Norwegian military officer
* [[Johan Sverdrup]] (1816–1892), a politician who was [[List of heads of government of Norway|Prime Minister of Norway]] from 1884-1889
* [[Thomas Archer (pastoralist)|Thomas Archer]] (1823-1905), an [[Australia]]n [[Pastoralism|pastoralist]] and [[Agent General]] for Queensland
* [[Colin Archer]] (1832–1921), a Norwegian naval architect and [[Shipbuilding|shipbuilder]]
* [[Sophus Bugge]] (1833–1907) a philologist and linguist
* [[Karl Gether Bomhoff]] (1842–1925), a pharmacist, politician, and Governor of [[Norges Bank]]
* [[Bertrand Narvesen]] (1860–1939), a businessman who founded ''[[Narvesen]]''
* [[Bernt Berntsen]] (1863–1933), a Norwegian-American Protestant Christian missionary to China
* [[Anna Hvoslef]] (1866–1954), a journalist, politician, and feminist
* [[Adolf Fonahn]] (1873–1940), a physician, medical historian, and orientalist
* [[Niels Christian Ditleff]] (1881–1956), a diplomat and architect of [[White Buses]] operation
* [[Erling Utnem]] (1920–2006), a theologian, priest, and [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark|Bishop of Agder]] from 1973-1983
* [[Herman Sachnowitz]] (1921-1978), one of the few [[History of Jews in Norway|Norwegian Jews]] who survived deportation to a concentration camp
* [[Knut Helle]] (1930–2015), a historian and academic
* [[Mille-Marie Treschow]] (born 1954–2018), a landlord and businessperson
* [[Lars Gule]] (born 1955), a philosopher and commentator on extremism and terrorism
* [[Anders Anundsen]] (born 1975), a politician who was [[Minister of Justice and Public Security|Minister of Justice]] from 2013-2016
* [[Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow]] (1990–2013), a Norwegian-Somalian [[Islamic terrorism|Islamist terrorist]]
[[File:35. Herman Wildenwey sic - no-nb digifoto 20160309 00143 blds 02079.jpg|140px|thumb|Herman Wildenwey]]
[[File:Anne Holt.jpg|140px|thumb|Anne Holt, 2009]]