Editing Skien (section)

=== Public service & public thinking ===
* [[Jørgen von Ansbach]] (ca.1510–ca.1590), a German-Norwegian timber merchant who was Mayor of Skien
* [[Diderik von Cappelen]] (1761–1828), a wholesaler, shipowner, estate owner, and politician
* [[Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen]] (1770–1820), a ship owner and timber merchant
* [[Severin Løvenskiold]] (1777–1856), a landowner, Prime Minister, and Governor in Norway
* [[Peter Andreas Munch]] (1810–1863), a historian who worked on the medieval history of Norway
* [[Brynild Anundsen (publisher)|Brynild Anundsen]] (1841–1913), a Norwegian-American editor and publisher
* [[Gunnar Knudsen]] (1848–1928), the [[List of heads of government of Norway|Prime Minister of Norway]] from 1908–1910 & 1913–1920
* [[Hjalmar Johansen]] (1867–1913), a [[List of polar explorers|polar explorer]]
* [[Halvdan Koht]] (1873–1965), a Norwegian historian and politician 
* [[Carl Størmer]] (1874–1957), a Norwegian mathematician and astrophysicist
* [[George Awsumb]] (1880–1959), a Norwegian-American architect
* [[Alfhild Hovdan]] (1904–1982), a tourist manager who started the [[Trafalgar Square Christmas tree]]
* [[Herman Wold]] (1908–1992), a Swedish [[Econometrics|econometrician]] and statistician
* [[Einfrid Halvorsen]] (born 1937), a trade unionist and mayor of Skien from 1983 to 1986
* [[Bjørn Tore Godal]] (born 1945), a politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994–1997 
* [[Jon Fredrik Baksaas]] (born 1954), the [[CEO]] of [[Telenor]]
* [[Margareth Øvrum]] (born 1958), an engineer and executive VP of [[Statoil]]
* [[Eskil Pedersen]] (born 1984), the leader of the Labour Party´s Youth Organization, AUF, during terrorist attack on AUF at [[2011 Norway attacks|Utøya]] on 22 July 2011
* [[Bastian Vasquez]] (1990 – ca.mid 2015), a Norwegian [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]] jihadist
[[File:Henrik Ibsen av Eilif Peterssen 1895.jpg|140px|thumb|Henrik Ibsen, 1895]]
[[File:Paal Flaata (220246).jpg|140px|thumb|Pål Flåta, 2016]]