Editing Kristiansand (section)

==Notable people==
{{Further|:Category:People from Kristiansand}}
[[File:Camilla Collett by Nicolai Wergeland.jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|Camilla Collett]]
[[File:Jan Vincents Johannessen IMG 7214.JPG|upright=0.65|thumb|Jan Vincents Johannessen, 2012]]
[[File:Mette Marit2.jpg|upright=0.65|thumb|[[Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway]]]]

=== Education ===
* [[Haldur Grüner]] (1818–1858), business school founder

=== Public Service and public thinking ===
* [[Syvert Omundsen Eeg]] (1757–1838) farmer and rep. the [[Norwegian Constitutional Assembly]]
* [[Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz]] (1762–1838) a Government Minister and Member of Parliament
* [[Nicolai Wergeland]] (1780–1848) a Norwegian priest, writer and politician
* [[Jens Lauritz Arup]] (1793–1874) a Norwegian bishop and politician
* [[Hans Christian Petersen]] (1793–1862) de facto [[Prime Minister of Norway]] 1858 to 1861
* [[Jacob von der Lippe]] (1797–1878) a Norwegian politician and priest
* [[Camilla Collett]] (1813–1895) said to be Norway's first feminist and writer
* [[Herman Wedel Major]] (1814–1854) psychiatrist, founded the [[Gaustad Hospital]]
* [[Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland]] (1815–1895) military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer
* [[Einar Rosenqvist]] (1817–1885) a Norwegian naval officer and politician
* [[Valdemar Knudsen]] (1819–1898) sugarcane plantation pioneer on West [[Kauai]], [[Hawaii]]
* [[Jens Peter Broch]] (1819–1886) an orientalist and linguist in Semitic languages
* [[Sofus Arctander]] (1845–1924) a politician, acting [[Prime Minister of Norway]], 1905
* [[William Brede Kristensen]] (1867–1953) Dutch theologian, professor and church historian
* [[Theo Sørensen]] (1873–1959) a missionary, worked in [[Tibet]]
* [[Finn Støren]] (1893–1962) a businessperson and civil servant for [[Nasjonal Samling]]
* [[Arvid G. Hansen]] (1894–1966) a politician, associated first with the [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour Party]], then the [[Communist Party of Norway|Communist Party]]
* [[Gabriel Langfeldt]] (1895–1983) a Norwegian psychiatrist and academic
* [[Bernt Balchen]] (1899–1973) pioneer polar aviator, navigator & aircraft mechanical engineer
* [[Ole Wehus]] (1909–1947) a Norwegian [[Nasjonal Samling]] police official 
* [[Leo Tallaksen]] (1908–1983) a politician, twice Mayor of Kristiansand
* [[Bjørn Egge]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (1918–2007) a [[major general]] of the [[Norwegian Army]]
* [[Jan Vincents Johannessen]] (born 1941) a physician, cancer researcher, painter and composer
* [[Tor Fuglevik]] (born 1950) a Norwegian radio and TV executive
* [[Anne Berit Andersen]] (born 1951) a Norwegian politician, Mayor of Søgne 1991 to 2001
* [[Terje G. Simonsen]] (born 1963) a Norwegian historian and nonfiction author
* [[Harald Furre]] (born 1964) an economist and Mayor of Kristiansand 2015–2019
* [[Marie Benedicte Bjørnland]] (born 1965) head of [[Norwegian Police Security Service]] 2012/2019.
* [[Nicolai Tangen]] (born 1966), hedge fund manager and philanthropist
* [[Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway]] (born 1972), the crown princess of Norway, married [[Crown Prince Haakon]] in 2001.
[[File:Wergeland blds 00303.jpg|upright=0.65|thumb|Henrik Wergeland]]
[[File:46 - Selvportrett - olje på panel 29X36 - 1976.jpg|upright=0.65|thumb|Eva Margot, self-portrait, 1976]]
[[File:Bjørn.O.Rasch.jpg|upright=0.65|thumb|Bjørn Ole Rasch, 2013]]

=== The Arts ===
* [[Henrik Wergeland]] (1808–1845) writer, poet, playwright, polemicist, historian and linguist
* [[Dan Weggeland]] (1827–1918) an artist and teacher, the ''"Father of Utah Art"''
* [[Anton Jörgen Andersen]] (1845–1926) a Norwegian composer and cellist
* [[Octavia Sperati (actress)|Octavia Sperati]] (1847–1918) a Norwegian actress
* [[Gerhard Schjelderup]] (1859–1933) a Norwegian composer of operas
* [[Oskar Textorius]] (1864–1938) a Swedish actor, singer and theater director<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856757/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528102349/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856757/ |date=28 May 2019 }} retrieved 10 January 2021</ref>
* [[Nils Hald]] (1897–1963) a Norwegian actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354783/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219171857/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354783/ |date=19 February 2017 }} retrieved 10 January 2021</ref>
* [[Ellen Isefiær]] (1899–1985) a Norwegian actress and stage director<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410782/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218165143/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410782/ |date=18 February 2017 }} retrieved 10 January 2021</ref>
* [[Jens Bjørneboe]] (1920–1976), a novelist, writer and painter
* [[Else Marie Jakobsen]] (1927–2012), a textile artist and designer
* [[Finn Benestad]] (1929–2012) a Norwegian musicologist, music critic and academic
* [[Eva Margot]] (1944–2019), a painter used realism, symbolism and abstract styles
* [[Terje Formoe]], (born 1949) a singer, songwriter and actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286435/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216193428/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286435/ |date=16 February 2017 }} retrieved 5 January 2021</ref>
* [[Rolf Løvland]] (born 1955) a Norwegian composer, lyricist, arranger and pianist
* [[Terje Dragseth]] (born 1955) a Norwegian poet, author and film director
* [[Kjell Nupen]] (1955–2014) a contemporary artist; painter, sculptor and graphic artist
* [[Hilde Hefte]] (born 1956), a jazz singer
* [[Bjørn Ole Rasch]] (born 1959) a keyboard performer, composer, arranger and academic
* [[Sigurd Køhn]] (1959–2004) a Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer
* [[Arne Hjeltnes]] (born 1963) a Norwegian writer and TV personality
* [[Per Fronth]] (born 1963), a visual artist, photographer and painter
* [[Bjarte Tjøstheim]] (born 1967) a Norwegian comedian, radio host and actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2096866/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219035340/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2096866/ |date=19 February 2017 }} retrieved 10 January 2021</ref>
* [[Lene Elise Bergum]] (born 1971) a Norwegian actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075140/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217120015/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075140/ |date=17 February 2017 }} retrieved 10 January 2021</ref>
* [[Bjarte Breiteig]] (born 1974) a Norwegian short story writer
* [[Annie (singer)|Anne Lilia Berge Strand]] (born 1977) known as ''"Annie"'', a singer-songwriter
* [[Tom Hugo]] (born 1979) a Norwegian singer-songwriter
* [[Agnes Kittelsen]] (born 1980), an actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1748545/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908132514/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1748545/ |date=8 September 2019 }} retrieved 5 January 2021</ref>
* [[Frida Aasen]], (born 1994) a Norwegian [[fashion model]] 
* [[Thea Sofie Loch Næss]] (born 1996) a Norwegian actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6406427/ IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209100251/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6406427/ |date=9 February 2021 }} retrieved 10 January 2021</ref>
* [[:no:Helene Abildsnes|Helene Abildsnes, (Norwegian Wiki)]] (born 1998) [[Miss Norway|Miss Universe Norway 2019]]
[[File:Andreas Thorkildsen 2008 cr.jpg|upright=0.65|thumb|Andreas Thorkildsen, 2008]]

=== Sport ===
* [[Gunn Margit Andreassen]] (born 1973) a former biathlete, twice Olympic relay team medallist
* [[Steinar Pedersen]] (born 1975) a former Norwegian footballer with 426 club caps
* [[Katrine Lunde]] (born 1980) a handball goalkeeper, 305 caps with [[Norway women's national handball team|Norway women]] 
* twins [[Katrine Lunde]] & [[Kristine Lunde-Borgersen]], (born 1980) handball players, twice Olympic champions
* [[Andreas Thorkildsen]] (born 1982), a javelin thrower, Olympic gold medallist in 2004 and 2008
* [[Kristoffer Hæstad]] (born 1983) a former footballer with over 300 club caps and 27 for [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
* [[Sondre Tronstad]] (born 1995) Professional footballer for [[Blackburn Rovers]]