Editing Skaun Municipality (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Olav Tryggvasons saga - Einar Tambarskjelve - C. Krohg.jpg|250px|thumb|Einar Tambarskjelve]]
* [[Einar Tambarskjelve]] (ca.980–ca.1050), the [[Viking]] who according to legend used the four monumental standing stones in Børsa to moor his boats (the stones are the theme for the coat of arms)
* [[Egil Aarvik]] (1912 in Børsa – 1990), a newspaper editor, author, and politician
* [[Bjarne Saltnes]] (1934 in Skaun – 2016), a politician and Mayor of Skaun from 1971–1975 and 1979–1983
* [[Jostein Wilmann]] (born 1953 in Viggja), a former professional road racing cyclist who was the best placed Norwegian in the [[Tour de France]]
* [[Kari Aalvik Grimsbø]] (born 1985), a [[Handball goalkeeper|goalkeeper]] for the [[Norway women's national handball team]]

===Fictional residents===
*''[[Kristin Lavransdatter]]'', who was the key character in a [[trilogy]] written by the [[Nobel Prize]] winner in literature, [[Sigrid Undset]]. There is a celebration of this every year the second week-end in August. It takes place at Husaby, where Sigrid Undset lived while writing the second book, ''Husfrue'' ("Houselady"). The books also have large parts of their storyline from Husaby.